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.

• Václav KrškaScreenplay
• Jaroslav BeránekScreenplay
• Jiří MařánekScreenplay
• Václav KrškaDirector

• Karel HögerBedřich Smetana
• Zdenka ProcházkováBettyna, Smetana's wife
• Jaromír Spalwriter Jan Neruda
• Bedřich Karendr. Ladislav Rieger
• Vlasta Fialovápaní Fröjda
• Oldřich LukešKarel Sabina
• Eduard CupákAntonín Dvořák
• Jana Rybářováwriter Eliška Krásnohorská
• Libuše MatějováOtylie Malá
• Eduard Kohoutdr. K. Sladkovský
• Zdeněk Dítěpoet Vítězslav Hálek
• Jiří VršťalaKarel Purkyně