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St. Wenceslas (1930)

St. Wenceslas poster
Original title
Svatý Václav
Directed by
Jan Stanislav Kolár
Genre
drama film, adventure film, war film, historical film
Country
Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A film about the life of Saint Wenceslas, the 10th-century Duke of Bohemia. It shows his struggles and battles, using huge sets and thousands of extras to depict the era.

epicgrandioseold-fashioneddramatichistoriclarge-scalepatriotic

What happens

St. Wenceslas (Czech: Svatý Václav) is a 1930 Czechoslovak historical film about Saint Wenceslas by Jan S. Kolár It was the most expensive Czech film to date, with the largest set constructed in Europe to accommodate an all-star cast of over a hundred, together with 5,000 extras for the lavish battle scenes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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