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Drama / Historical The television dramatization of AV Šmilovský's novel brings to mind the figure of the Enlightenment scholar Josef Dobrovský and the time in which the Czech national consciousness was awakening from three centuries of slavery. The gripping story from the classic legacy of Czech literature was filmed in 1970 by director Václav Hudeček and cast a number of excellent actors in the main roles. You will see Radovan Lukavský as Josef Dobrovský, Ladislav Pešek as the gamekeeper Mrština, Martin Růžek as Count Černín, Ilja Prachař as the warden Konipas, Eduard Cupák as the chaplain Fabián, and Václav Postránecký and Zuzana Ondrouchová as the young couple in love.