From My Life
Z mého života
Release: 1955-10-28
·Runtime: 105m
·★ 5.0
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
Czechoslovakia
Production Companies
Studio uměleckého filmu Praha
Cast
Bedřich Karen
as dr. Ladislav Rieger
Antonín Rýdl
Karel Jičínský
as dr. Ambros
Karel Dostal
as writer Josef Wenzig
Jaromír Spal
as writer Jan Neruda
František Filipovský
as principal of comedians
Felix le Breux
as bandleader Maýr
Gustav Heverle
as referent Linhart
Petr Haničinec
as young villager
Bedřich Vrbský
as count Harrach
Vlasta Fialová
as paní Fröjda
Oldřich Lukeš
as Karel Sabina
Eduard Cupák
as Antonín Dvořák
Raoul Schránil
as man in Sweden
Rudolf Asmus
as sings and plays
Jana Rybářová
as writer Eliška Krásnohorská
František Kreuzmann
as S. Goldsmith
Zdenka Procházková
as Bettyna, Smetana's wife
Jiří Vršťala
as Karel Purkyně
Eduard Kohout
as dr. K. Sladkovský
Ludmila Vendlová
as Sophie, Smetana's daughter
Gustav Hilmar
as rector of Pivoda
Nelly Gaierová
as Taxisová
František Kovářík
as village teacher
Ella Šárková
as laundress
Zdeněk Dítě
as poet Vítězslav Hálek
Eduard Dubský
as music correspondent Werner
Vladimír Borský
as Mrs. Fröjda's husband
Helena Krtičková
as Salomonová
Václav Vydra
as rector Krejčí
Jiří Steimar
as rector Thomé
Karel Höger
as Bedřich Smetana
Marta Májová
as woman in the crowd at the National Theater
Miloš Nedbal
as man in society
