From My Life
105 mins
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.
Libuše Matějová
Otylie Malá
Štěpán Bulejko
composer Franz Liszt
Rudolf Walter
count of Thurn-Taxis
Václav Švorc
Josef Schwarz, Žofi's fiancé
Bohumil Aisman
Ferdinandi
Jarmila Pechová
singer Eleonora of the Ehrenbergs
Saša Danešová
Maid Baruska
Milada Matysová
Harrachová
Antonín Kandert
man in Sweden
Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová
woman in Sweden
Josef Příhoda
old villager
Arnošt Martínek
Zdeněk Fibich
Emilie Urbanová-Jeřábková
Barbora Smetanová
Emil Dlesk
butler
Inka Vostřezová
girl with a bouquet
Ivo Žídek
Jeník
Rudolf Cortés
Dalibor (only playing)
Marie Podvalová
plays and sings Libuše
Beno Blachut
sings and plays
Václav Bednář
sings and plays
Luděk Mandaus
sings and plays
Vojen Novák
sings and plays
Milada Čadikovičová
sings and plays
Jan Konstantin
sings and plays
Bohumír Vích
sings and plays
Josef Vojta
sings and plays
Bohuslav Kulič
Production Design
Václav Talich
Conductor
Jaroslav Krombholc
Conductor
Anežka Kunová
Costumer
Adolf Nacházel
Sound
Václav Rouha
Unit Production Manager
Zdeněk Chalabala
Conductor
Jaroslav Beránek
Screenplay
Jiří Šimon
Costumer
Emerich Gabzdyl
Choreographer
Saša Rašilov
Assistant Camera
Jaroslav Beránek
First Assistant Director
Miloslav Jandera
Costumer
František Sandr
Production Manager
František Belfín
Conductor
Jarmil Burghauser
Music Consultant
Vladimír Hrubeš
Assistant Director
Vladimíra Čečetková
Assistant Director
Jiří Mařánek
Screenplay
Josef Novotný
Camera Operator
Fernand Vácha
Costume Design
Stanislav Vondraš
Sound
Ferdinand Pečenka
Director of Photography
Jan Kohout
Editor
Jiří Mařánek
Novel