Backdrop image for movie Julián odpadlík

Julián odpadlík (1970)

In 363, somewhere in Mesopotamia, on a campaign against the Persians, the emperor Julian, who had succeeded Constantine after his victory over Gaul, was going through a personal crisis. He sees that the new philosophical trend, Christianity, is as cruel and implacable as the old paganism, and so he returns to the ancient philosophers. He knows that, as a potentate, he is surrounded by a pack of careerists who are all about loot, and in the face of an insidious external enemy. But his future fate is in their hands...

  • History
  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Rudolf HrušínskýRudolf Hrušínský
  • Photo of Luděk MunzarLuděk Munzar
  • Photo of Eduard CupákEduard Cupák
  • Photo of Zdeněk ŘehořZdeněk Řehoř
  • Photo of Karel PavlíkKarel Pavlík
  • Photo of Otakar BrousekOtakar Brousek
  • Photo of Jiří NěmečekJiří Němeček
  • Photo of Richard ZáhorskýRichard Záhorský
  • Photo of Eva KaiserováEva Kaiserová
  • Photo of Zdeněk HodrZdeněk Hodr

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