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.
Bedřich Smetana
Bettyna, Smetana's wife
writer Jan Neruda
dr. Ladislav Rieger
paní Fröjda
Karel Sabina
Antonín Dvořák
writer Eliška Krásnohorská