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From My Life
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From My Life

1955-10-28 · 105 min · ★ 7.5

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.

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Directors
Václav Krška
Production companies
Studio uměleckého filmu Praha
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Karel HögerKarel HögerBedřich Smetana
Zdenka ProcházkováZdenka ProcházkováBettyna, Smetana's wife
Jaromír SpalJaromír Spalwriter Jan Neruda
Bedřich KarenBedřich Karendr. Ladislav Rieger
Vlasta FialováVlasta Fialovápaní Fröjda
Oldřich LukešOldřich LukešKarel Sabina
Eduard CupákEduard CupákAntonín Dvořák
Jana RybářováJana Rybářováwriter Eliška Krásnohorská
Libuše MatějováOtylie Malá
Eduard KohoutEduard Kohoutdr. K. Sladkovský
Zdeněk DítěZdeněk Dítěpoet Vítězslav Hálek
Jiří VršťalaJiří VršťalaKarel Purkyně
Karel DostalKarel Dostalwriter Josef Wenzig
Štěpán Bulejkocomposer Franz Liszt
Bedřich VrbskýBedřich Vrbskýcount Harrach
Rudolf Waltercount of Thurn-Taxis
Ludmila VendlováLudmila VendlováSophie, Smetana's daughter
Václav ŠvorcJosef Schwarz, Žofi's fiancé
Bohumil AismanFerdinandi
Jarmila Pechovásinger Eleonora of the Ehrenbergs

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