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.
Genre : DramaHistory
Runtime : 105 mins
Release Date : 1955-10-28

(Bedřich Smetana)

(Bettyna, Smetana's wife)

(writer Jan Neruda)

(dr. Ladislav Rieger)

(paní Fröjda)

(Karel Sabina)

(Antonín Dvořák)

(writer Eliška Krásnohorská)
(Otylie Malá)

(dr. K. Sladkovský)

(poet Vítězslav Hálek)

(Karel Purkyně)

(writer Josef Wenzig)
(composer Franz Liszt)

(count Harrach)
(count of Thurn-Taxis)

(Sophie, Smetana's daughter)
(Josef Schwarz, Žofi's fiancé)
(Ferdinandi)
(singer Eleonora of the Ehrenbergs)

(bandleader Maýr)

(rector of Pivoda)

(rector Krejčí)

(rector Thomé)

(referent Linhart)

(dr. Ambros)

(S. Goldsmith)
(Maid Baruska)

(Taxisová)
(Harrachová)

(music correspondent Werner)

(Mrs. Fröjda's husband)
(man in Sweden)

(man in Sweden)
(woman in Sweden)

(principal of comedians)

(village teacher)

(man in society)

(laundress)

(young villager)
(old villager)
(Zdeněk Fibich)
(Barbora Smetanová)

(Salomonová)
(butler)
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(woman in the crowd at the National Theater)
(girl with a bouquet)
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(Jeník)
(Dalibor (only playing))
(plays and sings Libuše)
(sings and plays)
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(sings and plays)
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