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 Krška
Director

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
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