The Czech Braveheart: Jan Žižka
Gone Medieval
History Hit
4.5 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Jan Žižka is the legendary Czech national hero who led Hussite forces against three crusades and never lost a single battle. His rise to military greatness is now told in the feature film titled Medieval, starring Ben Foster and Sir Michael Caine - the most expensive Czech film ever made.
In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis finds out more about Jan Žižka and the film from its director Petr Jákl and writer Petr Bok.
This episode was edited by Anisha Deva and produced by Rob Weinberg.
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| 2:01.6 | Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval, I'm Matt Lewis. Now, when a movie is being released |
| 2:07.1 | that's called Medieval, how could we not cover it? This film tells the story of a man named Jan |
| 2:13.8 | Zhishka. You may not have heard of Jan, but you're going to love his story. He's a Czech |
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