
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.
Release Date: 10/28/1955
Runtime: 105 minutes
Languages: Czech
Director: Václav Krška
00Companies: Studio uměleckého filmu Praha
Countries: Czechoslovakia
writer Jan Neruda

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
Libuše Matějová
Otylie Malá

Eduard Kohout
dr. K. Sladkovský

Zdeněk Dítě
poet Vítězslav Hálek

Jiří Vršťala
Karel Purkyně
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