Julián odpadlík

Julián odpadlík (1970) is a history, drama film directed by Jiří Bělka rated 9.0/10.

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...

Cast

Rudolf Hrušínský

Luděk Munzar

Eduard Cupák

Zdeněk Řehoř

Karel Pavlík

Otakar Brousek

Jiří Němeček

Richard Záhorský

Eva Kaiserová

Zdeněk Hodr

Karel Houska

Oldřich Lukeš