From My Life (1955)
Overview
The film, in individual episodes, captures the fate of Bedřich Smetana from 1856 until the end of his life, from his young years until the moment when, exhausted by human and artistic hardship, he sees the fulfillment of his great dream, the opening of the National Theatre.
Cast
Karel Höger
Bedřich Smetana
Zdenka Procházková
Bettyna, Smetana's wife
Jaromír Spal
writer Jan Neruda
Bedřich Karen
dr. Ladislav Rieger
Vlasta Fialová
paní Fröjda
Oldřich Lukeš
Karel Sabina
Eduard Cupák
Antonín Dvořák
Jana Rybářová
writer Eliška Krásnohorská
Eduard Kohout
dr. K. Sladkovský
Zdeněk Dítě
poet Vítězslav Hálek
Jiří Vršťala
Karel Purkyně
Karel Dostal
writer Josef Wenzig
Bedřich Vrbský
count Harrach
Ludmila Vendlová
Sophie, Smetana's daughterRecommendations
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