Directed by:
Otakar VávraCinematography:
Jaroslav TuzarComposer:
Jiří SrnkaCast:
Jiřina Švorcová, Radovan Lukavský, Vladimír Ráž, Blanka Bohdanová, Eduard Cupák, Jana Gýrová, Zdeněk Štěpánek, Jiří Holý, Martin Růžek, Karel Höger (more)Plots(1)
Six years in the life of "Our Lady" Božena Němcová, when the writer fights the blows of fate in her personal life and the political situation by writing her memoir "The Grandmother". Because of its traditional poetics, this image of Němcová's struggle got overshadowed by the Czech New Wave; this gave an impulse to the film's creators - Otakar Vávra and František Pavlíček - to aim for new creative heights. (Summer Film School)
(more)Cast
![Jiřina Švorcová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268482_7f0c51.jpg)
Jiřina Švorcová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Paní Marjánka, matka pluku aneb Ženské srdce (1980) (TV movie)
Radúz a Mahulena (1959) (TV movie)
Smugglers of Death (1959)
![Radovan Lukavský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268632_0d32e7.jpg)
Radovan Lukavský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Vladimír Ráž](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271972_1202c8.jpg)
Vladimír Ráž
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
![Blanka Bohdanová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268274_905738.jpg)
Blanka Bohdanová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Ryba ve čtyřech (1987) (TV movie)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
![Eduard Cupák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271615_d71dc9.jpg)
Eduard Cupák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Jana Gýrová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268340_a5d3ba.jpg)
Jana Gýrová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Zdeněk Štěpánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268704_3875a5.jpg)
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Malér (1965) (TV movie)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
![Jiří Holý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268640_6730df.jpg)
Jiří Holý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
![Martin Růžek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268710_95af03.jpg)
Martin Růžek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Tři na lavičce (1978) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
All My Compatriots (1968) - narrator
![Karel Höger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268633_4951bd.jpg)
Karel Höger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Malér (1965) (TV movie)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Jarmila Smejkalová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268461_573b0c.jpg)
Jarmila Smejkalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Krvavá svatba (1987) (theatrical recording)
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
![Otakar Brousek st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268153_ddf27c.jpg)
Otakar Brousek st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
![Miloš Nedbal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/785/162785501_2ea908.jpg)
Miloš Nedbal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Jiří Polák
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Treasure of a Byzantine Merchant (1966)
Horoucí srdce (1962)
Den končí ráno (1965) (TV movie)
František Hrdina
Best movies:
Horoucí srdce (1962)
![Jitka Oubrechtová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/630/167630589_zx7iky.jpg)
Jitka Oubrechtová
Best movies:
Kde řeky mají slunce (1961)
Horoucí srdce (1962)
![Michal Koblic](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/317/160317826_60efa0.jpg)
Michal Koblic
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Laundryboy (1960)
Horoucí srdce (1962)
Green Corn (1960)
![Karol Machata](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/782/160782023_1c59c7.jpg)
Karol Machata
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Midnight Mass (1962)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
![Luděk Munzar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268628_087e43.jpg)
Luděk Munzar
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Give the Devil His Due (1984) - narrator
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
![Marta Kučírková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/190/165190628_97f17b.jpg)
Marta Kučírková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Lev je v ulicích (1972) (TV movie)