From My Life
From My Life

From My Life

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1955
1h 45m
5.0(1 votes)
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Overview

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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73 members
Acting

Karel Höger

Bedřich Smetana

Karel Höger
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Zdenka Procházková

Bettyna, Smetana's wife

Zdenka Procházková
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Jaromír Spal

writer Jan Neruda

Jaromír Spal
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Bedřich Karen

dr. Ladislav Rieger

Bedřich Karen
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Vlasta Fialová

paní Fröjda

Vlasta Fialová
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Oldřich Lukeš

Karel Sabina

Oldřich Lukeš
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Eduard Cupák

Antonín Dvořák

Eduard Cupák
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Jana Rybářová

writer Eliška Krásnohorská

Jana Rybářová
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Libuše Matějová

Otylie Malá

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Eduard Kohout

dr. K. Sladkovský

Eduard Kohout
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Zdeněk Dítě

poet Vítězslav Hálek

Zdeněk Dítě
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Jiří Vršťala

Karel Purkyně

Jiří Vršťala
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Karel Dostal

writer Josef Wenzig

Karel Dostal
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Štěpán Bulejko

composer Franz Liszt

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Bedřich Vrbský

count Harrach

Bedřich Vrbský
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Rudolf Walter

count of Thurn-Taxis

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Ludmila Vendlová

Sophie, Smetana's daughter

Ludmila Vendlová
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Václav Švorc

Josef Schwarz, Žofi's fiancé

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Bohumil Aisman

Ferdinandi

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Jarmila Pechová

singer Eleonora of the Ehrenbergs

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Felix le Breux

bandleader Maýr

Felix le Breux
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Gustav Hilmar

rector of Pivoda

Gustav Hilmar
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Václav Vydra

rector Krejčí

Václav Vydra
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Jiří Steimar

rector Thomé

Jiří Steimar
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Gustav Heverle

referent Linhart

Gustav Heverle
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Karel Jičínský

dr. Ambros

Karel Jičínský
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František Kreuzmann

S. Goldsmith

František Kreuzmann
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Saša Danešová

Maid Baruska

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Nelly Gaierová

Taxisová

Nelly Gaierová
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Milada Matysová

Harrachová

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Eduard Dubský

music correspondent Werner

Eduard Dubský
Directing

Vladimír Borský

Mrs. Fröjda's husband

Vladimír Borský
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Antonín Kandert

man in Sweden

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Raoul Schránil

man in Sweden

Raoul Schránil
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Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová

woman in Sweden

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František Filipovský

principal of comedians

František Filipovský
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František Kovářík

village teacher

František Kovářík
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Miloš Nedbal

man in society

Miloš Nedbal
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Ella Šárková

laundress

Ella Šárková
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Petr Haničinec

young villager

Petr Haničinec
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Josef Příhoda

old villager

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Arnošt Martínek

Zdeněk Fibich

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Emilie Urbanová-Jeřábková

Barbora Smetanová

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Helena Krtičková

Salomonová

Helena Krtičková
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Emil Dlesk

butler

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Otto Čermák

Unknown Role

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Antonín Rýdl

Unknown Role

Antonín Rýdl
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Marta Májová

woman in the crowd at the National Theater

Marta Májová
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Inka Vostřezová

girl with a bouquet

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Sound

Jarmil Burghauser

Unknown Role

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Ivo Žídek

Jeník

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Rudolf Cortés

Dalibor (only playing)

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Marie Podvalová

plays and sings Libuše

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Beno Blachut

sings and plays

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Václav Bednář

sings and plays

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Luděk Mandaus

sings and plays

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Vojen Novák

sings and plays

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Milada Čadikovičová

sings and plays

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Jan Konstantin

sings and plays

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Bohumír Vích

sings and plays

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Josef Vojta

sings and plays

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Rudolf Asmus

sings and plays

Rudolf Asmus
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Karel Kocourek

Unknown Role

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Slávka Jägrová

Unknown Role

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Ladislav Kulhánek

Unknown Role

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Marie Lukášová

Unknown Role

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Václava Austová

Unknown Role

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Jiřina Součková

Unknown Role

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Karel Hirsch

Unknown Role

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Déda Papež

Unknown Role

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Hynek Němec

Unknown Role

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Adam Novák

Unknown Role

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Jaroslav Vágner

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