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The Cathedral Builder

1920 · 38 min

A solemn, slow-burn historical drama that feels like a silent-era pageant, with grand imagery and a reverent, slightly distant tone.

Overview
The story of the legendary architect Petr Parléř, who is charged by the king Charles IV with the task of building a Gothic cathedral in Prague.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • ambition
  • art
  • power
  • work
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Antonín Novotný, Karel Degl
Written by
Vladimír Šrámek, Jan Emil Koula
Starring
Jakub Seifert, Rudolf Deyl, Karel Kolár, Eva Vrchlická, Jaroslav Hurt, Florentin Steinsberg, Karel Váňa, Vladimír Šrámek
Cinematography
Jindřich Brichta
Runtime
38 min
Country
Czechoslovakia
Languages
No Language

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