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
Libuše Matějová
Otylie Malá
Eduard Kohout
dr. K. Sladkovský
Zdeněk Dítě
poet Vítězslav Hálek
Jiří Vršťala
Karel Purkyně
Karel Dostal
writer Josef Wenzig
Štěpán Bulejko
composer Franz Liszt
Bedřich Vrbský
count Harrach
Rudolf Walter
count of Thurn-Taxis
Ludmila Vendlová
Sophie, Smetana's daughter
Václav Švorc
Josef Schwarz, Žofi's fiancé
Bohumil Aisman
Ferdinandi
Jarmila Pechová
singer Eleonora of the Ehrenbergs
Felix le Breux
bandleader Maýr
Gustav Hilmar
rector of Pivoda
Václav Vydra
rector Krejčí
Jiří Steimar
rector Thomé
Gustav Heverle
referent Linhart
Karel Jičínský
dr. Ambros
František Kreuzmann
S. Goldsmith
Saša Danešová
Maid Baruska
Nelly Gaierová
Taxisová
Milada Matysová
Harrachová
Eduard Dubský
music correspondent Werner
Vladimír Borský
Mrs. Fröjda's husband
Antonín Kandert
man in Sweden
Raoul Schránil
man in Sweden
Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová
woman in Sweden
František Filipovský
principal of comedians
František Kovářík
village teacher
Miloš Nedbal
man in society
Ella Šárková
laundress
Petr Haničinec
young villager
Josef Příhoda
old villager
Arnošt Martínek
Zdeněk Fibich
Emilie Urbanová-Jeřábková
Barbora Smetanová
Helena Krtičková
Salomonová
Emil Dlesk
butler
Otto Čermák
Unknown
Antonín Rýdl
Unknown
Marta Májová
woman in the crowd at the National Theater
Inka Vostřezová
girl with a bouquet
Jarmil Burghauser
Unknown
Ivo Žídek
Jeník
Rudolf Cortés
Dalibor (only playing)
Marie Podvalová
plays and sings Libuše
Beno Blachut
sings and plays
Václav Bednář
sings and plays
Luděk Mandaus
sings and plays
Vojen Novák
sings and plays
Milada Čadikovičová
sings and plays
Jan Konstantin
sings and plays
Bohumír Vích
sings and plays
Josef Vojta
sings and plays
Rudolf Asmus
sings and plays
Karel Kocourek
Unknown
Slávka Jägrová
Unknown
Ladislav Kulhánek
Unknown
Marie Lukášová
Unknown
Václava Austová
Unknown
Jiřina Součková
Unknown
Karel Hirsch
Unknown
Déda Papež
Unknown
Hynek Němec
Unknown
Adam Novák
Unknown
Jaroslav Vágner
Unknown
Crew
Václav Krška
Director, Screenplay
Jiří Mařánek
Screenplay, Novel
Jaroslav Beránek
Screenplay, First Assistant Director
Jan Kohout
Editor
Ferdinand Pečenka
Director of Photography
Vladimír Hrubeš
Second Assistant Director
Vladimíra Čečetková
Second Assistant Director
Bohuslav Kulič
Production Design
Josef Novotný
Camera Operator
Saša Rašilov
Assistant Camera
Fernand Vácha
Costume Design
Miloslav Jandera
Costumer
Anežka Kunová
Costumer
Jiří Šimon
Costumer
Stanislav Vondraš
Sound
Adolf Nacházel
Sound
Jarmil Burghauser
Music Consultant
Bedřich Smetana
Music
Emerich Gabzdyl
Choreographer
František Sandr
Production Manager
Václav Rouha
Unit Manager
Václav Talich
Conductor
Zdeněk Chalabala
Conductor
Jaroslav Krombholc
Conductor
František Belfín
Conductor
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