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.
Director and cast
- Karel Höger as Bedřich Smetana
- Zdenka Procházková as Bettyna, Smetana's wife
- Jaromír Spal as writer Jan Neruda
- Bedřich Karen as dr. Ladislav Rieger
- Vlasta Fialová as paní Fröjda
- Oldřich Lukeš as Karel Sabina
- Eduard Cupák as Antonín Dvořák
- Jana Rybářová as writer Eliška Krásnohorská
- Libuše Matějová as Otylie Malá
- Eduard Kohout as dr. K. Sladkovský
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