Directed by:
Jan S. KolárCast:
Zdeněk Štěpánek, Bohumil Heš, Jindřich Edl, Theodor Pištěk, Jan S. Kolár, Josef Rovenský, Gustav Svojsík, Jan W. Speerger, Dagny Servaes, Vera Baranovskaja (more)Plots(1)
Opulent and so far the only film adaptation of the Czech patron saint’s life story. This high-budget silent film from 1929 was made for the millennial anniversary of Wenceslas’ death. At the time, it was the most expensive and epic Czechoslovak film. (Finále Plzeň)
Cast
![Zdeněk Štěpánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268704_3875a5.jpg)
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Malér (1965) (TV movie)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Bohumil Heš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
St. Wenceslas (1929)
Vzdušné torpédo 48 (1936)
Irca's Romance (1936)
![Jindřich Edl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275379_2bfa62.jpg)
Jindřich Edl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Lumberjack (1922)
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
The Poisoned Light (1921)
![Theodor Pištěk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268860_1dc947.jpg)
Theodor Pištěk
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Station Master (1941)
![Jan S. Kolár](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274465_b5d7a6.jpg)
Jan S. Kolár
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
![Josef Rovenský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269844_b0a14e.jpg)
Josef Rovenský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Fair People (1930)
The Lumberjack (1922)
The Sins of Love (1929)
Gustav Svojsík
Best movies:
St. Wenceslas (1929)
![Jan W. Speerger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274842_faf9d2.jpg)
Jan W. Speerger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Christian (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
The Lumberjack (1922)
![Dagny Servaes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789678_859f69.jpg)
Dagny Servaes
German Empire
Best movies:
The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)
St. Wenceslas (1929)
Preußische Liebesgeschichte (1938)
![Vera Baranovskaja](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886940_6b43d2.jpg)
Vera Baranovskaja
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Mother (1926)
Tonka Šibenice (francouzská verze) (1930)
The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
![Josef Loskot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275575_4fbf2b.jpg)
Josef Loskot
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Merry Wives (1938)
Lelicek in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932)
Městečko na dlani (1942)
![Máňa Ženíšková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268520_05d88a.jpg)
Máňa Ženíšková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Syn hor (1925)
Such Is Life (1929)
Daughters of Eve (1928)
![Jiří Steimar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274843_e758b6.jpg)
Jiří Steimar
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Happy End (1967)
Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
![Anita Janová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268365_e443d3.jpg)
Anita Janová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Playing with the Devil (1956)
St. Wenceslas (1929)
Youthful Years (1952)
![Emil Focht](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275480_e58edf.jpg)
Emil Focht
Austrian Empire
Best movies:
St. Wenceslas (1929)
Jindřich Lhoták
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Poisoned Light (1921)
Colonel Svec (1929)
Armoured Car (1929)
![Josef Novák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275459_e83acd.jpg)
Josef Novák
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Sins of Love (1929)
Long Live with Dearly Departed (1935)
Business Under Distress (1931)
![Jan Marek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275365_0f9cff.jpg)
Jan Marek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Sins of Love (1929)
The Inspector General (1933)
Tonka Šibenice (francouzská verze) (1930)
![Vladimír Majer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269822_6d7e98.jpg)
Vladimír Majer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Lumberjack (1922)
The Sins of Love (1929)
![Václav Vydra st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268192_ccbdbb.jpg)
Václav Vydra st.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Old Czech Legends (1952)
Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
The Merry Wives (1938)