Overview
The biographical film about the prematurely deceased violin virtuoso Josef Slavík takes place entirely like a haunting dream, in the mind of a feverish artist who remembers how he amazed Paganini himself with his playing.
Director and cast
- Jaromír Spal as Josef Slavík
- Vlasta Fabianová as Anna Zásmucká
- Václav Voska as Frederic Chopin
- Karel Dostal as Niccolò Paganini
- Libuše Zemková as Henrietta Astfeldová
- Jiřina Krejčová as Magdalenka
- Marie Vášová Cast
- Eduard Kohout as Pavel Adam Lažanský
- Vladimír Řepa as W. W. Würfel
- František Smolík as Quardián
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