The King of Colonnades (1991)
In May 1945, a broken violinist lies drunk by a creek, haunted by memories of his life before and during WWII. Once the celebrated first violin in spa orchestras, he married Jewish nurse Róza and dreamed of fatherhood, only to face brutal anti-Jewish persecution. Relegated to second violin, he spirals into alcoholism and betrayal, while Róza and their daughter are deported. Cast out by colleagues and lovers, he descends into madness, murdering a vagrant with his violin case. In a final psychotic haze, he tends a roadside Christ statue before collapsing, his shattered life a testament to love, loss, and atrocity.
Director:
Zeno Dostál
Writer:
Zeno Dostál
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Josef Novotný as |
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Barbora Leichnerová as |
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Ivana Chýlková as |
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Svatava Hubeňáková as |
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Eliška Kuchařová as |
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Rudolf Máhrla as |
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Vlastimil Brodský as |
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Zdeňka Sajfertová as |
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Marek Vašut as Gestapo Officer |
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Anna de Abren e Lima as |
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Barbora Sloupová as |
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Jana Šedová as |
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Daniel Rous as |
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Milan Riehs as |
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Lešek Wronka as |
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Josef Langmiler as Hrbek |
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Karel Urbánek as |
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Martin Zahálka as |
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Otomar Krejča ml. as |
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Václav Babka as |
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Marie Kadeřábková as |
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Milan Klacek as |
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Antonín Hardt as |
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Vlastimil Hašek as |
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Jiří Knot as |
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Jiří Žák as |
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Vlasta Mecnarowská as |
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Jiří Pomeje as |
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Jaroslav Tomsa as |
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Michael Hofbauer as |
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Václav Kotva as |
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Vladuna Polanská as |
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Ilona Jirotková as |
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Petra Freserová as |
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Magdaléna Holendrová as |
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Luďa Marešová as |
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Galla Macků as |
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Miroslav Kahoun as |
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Miloš Horanský as |
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František Martiník as |
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Roman Mecnarowski as |
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Kamil Prachař as |
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Libor Hruška as |
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Daniel Hrbek as |
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Pavel Nový as Gestapo Officer (voice) |
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Pavel Pípal as Hrbek (voice) |
| Writing | Zeno Dostál | Screenplay |
| Directing | Zeno Dostál | Director |
| Writing | Zeno Dostál | Novel |
| Writing | Zeno Dostál | Story |
| Directing | Aleš Dospiva | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Milan Klacek | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jan Záhumenský | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Michaela Kopřivová | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Václav Šašek | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Jiří Macák | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jiří Ondráček | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Vladimír Murat | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Bohumil Nový | Production Design |
| Art | Gabriela Kubenová | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Jiří Žák | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jaroslav Česal | Set Decoration |
| Art | Vladimír Ježek | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Kropáček | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Iva Bártová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Věra Cíglerová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiří Budín | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jakub Žid | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Koubová | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Jan Svoboda | Editor |
| Editing | Anna Mejtská | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Jiří Hora | Sound |
| Production | Petr Čapek | Production Manager |
| Production | Josef Štambach | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Miroslava Smolová | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Petr Jahn | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Pavel Čihař | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Monika Machytková | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Alena Červená | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Luboš Fišer | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Štěpán Koníček | Conductor |
| Sound | Jiří Zobač | Music Director |
| Writing | Zdeněk Borovec | Lyricist |