Directed by:
Jiří KrejčíkCast:
Božidara Turzonovová, Juraj Kukura, Jiří Adamíra, Miloš Kopecký, Josef Somr, Čestmír Řanda st., Josef Kemr, Václav Neužil st., Václav Lohniský, Karel Augusta (more)Plots(1)
Jiří Krejčík’s biopic inspired by the fates of opera singer Ema Destinnová was based on Zdeněk Mahler’s screenplay. Not only the audiences, but also the communist censors, understood that this story of an independent woman under constant police surveillance refers to the Normalisation Czechoslovakia, which is why the film was screened mainly at cinemas of peripheral importance. (Summer Film School)
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Václav Kyzlink
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Conscience (1948)
Stanislav Zindulka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
František Husák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Milan Karpíšek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Divine Ema (1979)
Netopýr (1961) (TV movie)
Karel Peyr
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Dissolved and Effused (1984)
Josef Střecha
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Radka Fidlerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
The Little Herdsman from the Valley (1983)
Divine Ema (1979)
Zdeněk Blažek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
The Millennial Bee (1983)
Jiří Kostka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Divine Ema (1979)
Ľudovít Króner
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Funeral Ceremonies (1969)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Nepokojná láska (1975) (series)
František Kubíček
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Vilém Pfeiffer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
Capek's Tales (1947)
Příklady táhnou (1939)
Zdeněk Srstka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Jiří Wohanka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Soudné sestry (2007) (theatrical recording)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Gentlemen Boys (1975)
Zdeněk Hodr
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Miloslav Štibich
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Ronald Heller
Best movies:
Divine Ema (1979)
Rusalka (1977)
The Ninth Heart (1978)
Aleš Bultas
Best movies:
Divine Ema (1979)
Jiří Havel
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Poslední dopis (1973) (TV movie)
Královský život otroka (1992) (TV movie)
Lokis (1986) (TV movie)
Josef Klika
Best movies:
Divine Ema (1979)
Aljona (2009) (TV movie)