From My Life

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

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