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Biopic on Czechoslovakia's great historical figure and precursor of the Reformation. Somewhat academic in style and not particularly original, but well enacted, with some brilliant performances. An absorbing and historically honest denouncement of the abuses committed by the Roman Catholic Church in the 15th century, which occasioned the Reformation one century later. However, since the Czechs were under communist domination when the film was made, it overemphasizes political and economical over purely religious matters; the oppression of poor people by the rich clergy and nobility becomes the central issue. The Czech studios were no Hollywood, but, by their standards, this appears to have been a lavish production, and it is quite effective as a historical drama.

The final last years of John Hus, the man who dared criticize the church over to sell indulgences of the sins under payments, academic theologian and rector of Charles University of Prague at Czech, follower of John Wycliffe he starts a new Christianity as Jesus taught, his hard speech on church starts a revolution on Bohemian territory, supported by the King Wenceslaus and his Queen, however the German pressure under the orders of the Popes Gregory and Benedict he was removed of his duties on University and sent to countryside, later he was "friendly invited" by the Concil of Constance in 1914 on Germany, there he was betrayed by the German king Sigismund and prosecuted later by the clerics, nevertheless they offer a papal amnesty if he regrets formally, proposal refused many times, then he was burn on fire like a heretic, fabulous unknown movie over true facts on mid-ages, today John Hus has a large statue in front of Charles University at Prague, his name remains on the annals of the European history !!!

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First watch: 2012 / How many: 2 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8