From My Life (1955)
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:
Václav Krška
Writers:
Václav Krška, Jaroslav Beránek, Jiří Mařánek.
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Karel Höger as Bedřich Smetana |
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Zdenka Procházková as Bettyna, Smetana's wife |
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Jaromír Spal as writer Jan Neruda |
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Bedřich Karen as dr. Ladislav Rieger |
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Vlasta Fialová as paní Fröjda |
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Oldřich Lukeš as Karel Sabina |
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Eduard Cupák as Antonín Dvořák |
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Jana Rybářová as writer Eliška Krásnohorská |
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Libuše Matějová as Otylie Malá |
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Eduard Kohout as dr. K. Sladkovský |
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Zdeněk Dítě as poet Vítězslav Hálek |
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Jiří Vršťala as Karel Purkyně |
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Karel Dostal as writer Josef Wenzig |
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Štěpán Bulejko as composer Franz Liszt |
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Bedřich Vrbský as count Harrach |
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Rudolf Walter as count of Thurn-Taxis |
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Ludmila Vendlová as Sophie, Smetana's daughter |
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Václav Švorc as Josef Schwarz, Žofi's fiancé |
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Bohumil Aisman as Ferdinandi |
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Jarmila Pechová as singer Eleonora of the Ehrenbergs |
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Felix le Breux as bandleader Maýr |
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Gustav Hilmar as rector of Pivoda |
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Václav Vydra as rector Krejčí |
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Jiří Steimar as rector Thomé |
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Gustav Heverle as referent Linhart |
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Karel Jičínský as dr. Ambros |
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František Kreuzmann as S. Goldsmith |
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Saša Danešová as Maid Baruska |
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Nelly Gaierová as Taxisová |
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Milada Matysová as Harrachová |
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Eduard Dubský as music correspondent Werner |
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Vladimír Borský as Mrs. Fröjda's husband |
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Antonín Kandert as man in Sweden |
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Raoul Schránil as man in Sweden |
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Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová as woman in Sweden |
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František Filipovský as principal of comedians |
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František Kovářík as village teacher |
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Miloš Nedbal as man in society |
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Ella Šárková as laundress |
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Petr Haničinec as young villager |
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Josef Příhoda as old villager |
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Arnošt Martínek as Zdeněk Fibich |
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Emilie Urbanová-Jeřábková as Barbora Smetanová |
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Helena Krtičková as Salomonová |
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Emil Dlesk as butler |
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Otto Čermák as |
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Antonín Rýdl as |
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Marta Májová as woman in the crowd at the National Theater |
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Inka Vostřezová as girl with a bouquet |
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Jarmil Burghauser as |
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Ivo Žídek as Jeník |
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Rudolf Cortés as Dalibor (only playing) |
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Marie Podvalová as plays and sings Libuše |
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Beno Blachut as sings and plays |
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Václav Bednář as sings and plays |
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Luděk Mandaus as sings and plays |
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Vojen Novák as sings and plays |
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Milada Čadikovičová as sings and plays |
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Jan Konstantin as sings and plays |
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Bohumír Vích as sings and plays |
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Josef Vojta as sings and plays |
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Rudolf Asmus as sings and plays |
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Karel Kocourek as |
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Slávka Jägrová as |
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Ladislav Kulhánek as |
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Marie Lukášová as |
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Václava Austová as |
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Jiřina Součková as |
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Karel Hirsch as |
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Déda Papež as |
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Hynek Němec as |
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Adam Novák as |
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Jaroslav Vágner as |
| Art | Bohuslav Kulič | Production Design |
| Sound | Václav Talich | Conductor |
| Sound | Jaroslav Krombholc | Conductor |
| Sound | Bedřich Smetana | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anežka Kunová | Costumer |
| Writing | Václav Krška | Screenplay |
| Sound | Adolf Nacházel | Sound |
| Sound | Zdeněk Chalabala | Conductor |
| Writing | Jaroslav Beránek | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiří Šimon | Costumer |
| Crew | Emerich Gabzdyl | Choreographer |
| Camera | Saša Rašilov | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Jaroslav Beránek | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miloslav Jandera | Costumer |
| Production | František Sandr | Production Manager |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Sound | Jarmil Burghauser | Music Consultant |
| Writing | Jiří Mařánek | Screenplay |
| Camera | Josef Novotný | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fernand Vácha | Costume Design |
| Sound | Stanislav Vondraš | Sound |
| Directing | Václav Krška | Director |
| Camera | Ferdinand Pečenka | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jan Kohout | Editor |
| Writing | Jiří Mařánek | Novel |
| Directing | Vladimír Hrubeš | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Vladimíra Čečetková | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Václav Rouha | Unit Manager |