History Drama
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...
Directed by
Jiří Bělka
Written by
Jiří Šotola
Rudolf Hrušínský
Karel Houska
Karel Pavlík
Eduard Cupák
Luděk Munzar
Jiří Němeček
Otakar Brousek
Oldřich Lukeš
Zdeněk Řehoř
Richard Záhorský
Eva Kaiserová
Zdeněk Hodr

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