---
title: 'Jan Žižka (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Otakar Vávra'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/jan-zizka-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048223/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Jan Žižka (1955)

1955 · 105 min · Drama, War, History · Czechoslovakia


## Synopsis

Jan Žižka is a 1955 Czechoslovak film directed by Otakar Vávra. The film starred Zdeněk Štěpánek. It is sequel to Jan Hus. Plot takes place between 1419 and 1420. The central motif of the film is the escalation of the situation in Bohemia after the burning of master Jan Hus and the popular revolt against the papal authority and against the new King Sigismund. At the head of this rebellion is a priest Jan Želivský and the king's aide and later governor Jan Žižka. The film was followed by Against All.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Otakar Vávra](https://cinepixo.com/people/otakar-vavra)
- **Screenplay:** [Otakar Vávra](https://cinepixo.com/people/otakar-vavra), [Miloš Václav Kratochvíl](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-vaclav-kratochvil)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jiří Srnka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-srnka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Václav Hanuš](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-hanus)
- **Editor:** [Antonín Zelenka](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-zelenka)

## Cast

- [Anna Rottová](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-rottova)
- [Zdeněk Hodr](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-hodr)
- [Štěpán Bulejko](https://cinepixo.com/people/stepan-bulejko)
- [Karel Pavlík](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-pavlik)
- [František Filipovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-filipovsky) as Elegán
- [Miloš Kopecký](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-kopecky) as Lord of Sternberg
- [Gustav Opočenský](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-opocensky)
- [Vlasta Matulová](https://cinepixo.com/people/vlasta-matulova) as Sophia of Bavaria
- [František Horák](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-horak) as Jan Želivský
- [Vilém Besser](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilem-besser) as carpenter Jíra
- [Stanislav Langer](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanislav-langer)
- [Věra Kleinhamplová](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-kleinhamplova)
- [Milan Jedlička](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-jedlicka)
- [Adolf Vojta-Jurný](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolf-vojta-jurny) as Kuneš z Bělovic
- [Adolf Král](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolf-kral)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/jan-zizka-1955
Film facts: Wikidata (Q6150472); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.