The King of Colonnades
Král kolonád
Release: 1991-05-01
·★ 5.0
Drama
History
In May 1945, a broken violinist lies drunk by a creek, haunted by memories of his life before and during WWII. Once the celebrated first violin in spa orchestras, he married Jewish nurse Róza and dreamed of fatherhood, only to face brutal anti-Jewish persecution. Relegated to second violin, he spirals into alcoholism and betrayal, while Róza and their daughter are deported. Cast out by colleagues and lovers, he descends into madness, murdering a vagrant with his violin case. In a final psychotic haze, he tends a roadside Christ statue before collapsing, his shattered life a testament to love, loss, and atrocity.
Production Countries
Czechoslovakia
Production Companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast
Ivana Chýlková
Vlastimil Brodský
Daniel Rous
Antonín Hardt
Jiří Knot
Jiří Pomeje
Magdaléna Holendrová
Eliška Kuchařová
Václav Babka
Pavel Nový
as Gestapo Officer (voice)
Marek Vašut
as Gestapo Officer
Martin Zahálka
Svatava Hubeňáková
Vlasta Mecnarowská
Michael Hofbauer
Rudolf Máhrla
Vladuna Polanská
Pavel Pípal
as Hrbek (voice)
Zdeňka Sajfertová
Josef Langmiler
as Hrbek
Libor Hruška
Karel Urbánek
Vlastimil Hašek
