
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.
From My Life
October 28, 1955
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Cast (73)

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

Libuše Matějová
Otylie Malá

Eduard Kohout
dr. K. Sladkovský

Zdeněk Dítě
poet Vítězslav Hálek

Jiří Vršťala
Karel Purkyně

Karel Dostal
writer Josef Wenzig

Štěpán Bulejko
composer Franz Liszt

Bedřich Vrbský
count Harrach

Rudolf Walter
count of Thurn-Taxis

Ludmila Vendlová
Sophie, Smetana's daughter

Václav Švorc
Josef Schwarz, Žofi's fiancé

Bohumil Aisman
Ferdinandi

Jarmila Pechová
singer Eleonora of the Ehrenbergs

Felix le Breux
bandleader Maýr

Gustav Hilmar
rector of Pivoda

Václav Vydra
rector Krejčí

Jiří Steimar
rector Thomé

Gustav Heverle
referent Linhart

Karel Jičínský
dr. Ambros

František Kreuzmann
S. Goldsmith

Saša Danešová
Maid Baruska

Nelly Gaierová
Taxisová

Milada Matysová
Harrachová

Eduard Dubský
music correspondent Werner

Vladimír Borský
Mrs. Fröjda's husband

Antonín Kandert
man in Sweden

Raoul Schránil
man in Sweden

Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová
woman in Sweden

František Filipovský
principal of comedians

František Kovářík
village teacher

Miloš Nedbal
man in society

Ella Šárková
laundress

Petr Haničinec
young villager

Josef Příhoda
old villager

Arnošt Martínek
Zdeněk Fibich

Emilie Urbanová-Jeřábková
Barbora Smetanová

Helena Krtičková
Salomonová

Emil Dlesk
butler

Otto Čermák
N/A

Antonín Rýdl
N/A

Marta Májová
woman in the crowd at the National Theater

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

Rudolf Asmus
sings and plays

Karel Kocourek
N/A

Slávka Jägrová
N/A

Marie Lukášová
N/A

Václava Austová
N/A

Jiřina Součková
N/A

Karel Hirsch
N/A

Déda Papež
N/A

Hynek Němec
N/A

Adam Novák
N/A

Jaroslav Vágner
N/A
Crew (28)
Directing

Jaroslav Beránek
First Assistant Director

Václav Krška
Director

Vladimír Hrubeš
Second Assistant Director

Vladimíra Čečetková
Second Assistant Director
Writing
Production

Václav Rouha
Unit Manager

František Sandr
Production Manager
Sound

Jarmil Burghauser
Music Consultant

Stanislav Vondraš
Sound

Václav Talich
Conductor

František Belfín
Conductor

Bedřich Smetana
Music

Zdeněk Chalabala
Conductor

Jaroslav Krombholc
Conductor

Adolf Nacházel
Sound
Art

Bohuslav Kulič
Production Design
Camera

Saša Rašilov
Assistant Camera

Ferdinand Pečenka
Director of Photography

Josef Novotný
Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up
Crew

Emerich Gabzdyl
Choreographer
Editing

Jan Kohout
Editor