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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Milan Pěkný
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Popel a hvězdy (1990) (TV movie)
Josef Hochmann
Best movies:
Divine Ema (1979)
How a Man Gives Birth (1979)
Jiří Sládek
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
Divine Ema (1979)
Karel Vítek st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
![Stanislav Šárský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/252/165252245_8dbf3d.jpg)
Stanislav Šárský
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Kamenný řád (1975) (series)
Divine Ema (1979)
Piš mi. Tvoje Alma (2021) (theatrical recording)
![Jana Vaňková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/830/78830849_b1d4cd.jpg)
Jana Vaňková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Návštěva z vesmíru (1977) (TV movie)
Vladimír Lebeda
Best movies:
Divine Ema (1979)
Co je platno kázat (1977) (TV movie)
Vítězný lid (1977)
Jan Waldmann
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Divine Ema (1979)
Noc klavíristy (1976)
![Zdeněk Hess](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262597_338f1d.jpg)
Zdeněk Hess
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1998)
Divine Ema (1979)
Návštěva staré dámy (1999) (TV movie)
![Augustín Kubán](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272716_65869c.jpg)
Augustín Kubán
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Mystery of the Carpathian Castle (1981)
The Millennial Bee (1983)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
![Vladimír Hrabánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268132_dec367.jpg)
Vladimír Hrabánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
![Karel Chromík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186519_88e8e2.jpg)
Karel Chromík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Oil Lamps (1971)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Pavel Robin
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Assassination (1964)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
![Petr Hanus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/141/158141887_55fd02.jpg)
Petr Hanus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
Tři mušketýři (2002) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Vít Pešina
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Patricie Limberská
Best movies:
Divine Ema (1979)
Radost až do rána (1978)
Monkey's Playtime (1977)
Josef Jarolímek
Best movies:
Divine Ema (1979)
Marián Kleis ml.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
Naši synovia (1975) (series)
Divine Ema (1979)
Stanislav Kořínek
Best movies:
Divine Ema (1979)
![Václav Kotva](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268656_118684.jpg)
Václav Kotva
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)