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