PREVIEW: Medieval (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ben Foster (Hell or High Water), Michael Caine (Get Carter), Til Schweiger (Inglourious Basterds), William Moseley (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe), Matthew Goode (The King’s Man), Sophie Lowe (What Lola Wants), Karel Roden (Hellboy), Roland Møller (Land of Mine), Kevin Bernhardt (The Immortals), Ondřej Vetchý (Broken Promise), Marek Vašut (Tristan & Isolde), Jan Budař (Lidice), Vinzenz Kiefer (T-34), Magnus Samuelsson (What a Circus!), Werner Daehn (Enemy at the Gates), Alistair Brammer (A Call to Spy), Jennifer Armour (Roma), Sean Connor Renwick (Snowpiercer), Viktor Krištof (Muzzikanti)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Petr Jákl (Ghoul), director, writer, producer; Kevin Bernhardt (Amazing Grace) and Cassian Elwes (Mudbound), producers; Philip Klein (The Last Full Measure), composer; Jesper Tøffner (The Commune), cinematographer; Steven Rosenblum (The Last Samurai) and Dirk Westervelt (Logan), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 15th century Bohemia (today the Czech Republic), military commander Jan Žižka (Foster) leads an uprising against the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This dark and action-packed European history lesson reintroduces the world to fierce warrior Jan Žižka, who amazingly never lost a single battle throughout his long and legendary life.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 28TH OCTOBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS

 

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