From My Life (1955)

7.5/10 105 min Drama History

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 daughter

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