The King of Colonnades

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In May 1945, a broken violinist lies drunk by a creek, haunted by memories of his life before and during WWII. Once the celebrated first violin in spa orchestras, he married Jewish nurse Róza and dreamed of fatherhood, only to face brutal anti-Jewish persecution. Relegated to second violin, he spirals into alcoholism and betrayal, while Róza and their daughter are deported. Cast out by colleagues and lovers, he descends into madness, murdering a vagrant with his violin case. In a final psychotic haze, he tends a roadside Christ statue before collapsing, his shattered life a testament to love, loss, and atrocity.

Cast

Barbora Leichnerová

Ivana Chýlková

Svatava Hubeňáková

Eliška Kuchařová

Vlastimil Brodský

Zdeňka Sajfertová

Gestapo Officer

Anna de Abren e Lima

Barbora Sloupová

Josef Langmiler

Martin Zahálka

Otomar Krejča ml.

Marie Kadeřábková

Vlastimil Hašek

Vlasta Mecnarowská

Michael Hofbauer

Vladuna Polanská

Ilona Jirotková

Petra Freserová

Magdaléna Holendrová

Luďa Marešová

Miroslav Kahoun

Miloš Horanský

František Martiník

Roman Mecnarowski

Gestapo Officer (voice)

Crew

Václav Šašek

Director, Screenplay, Story, Novel

Assistant Editor

Director of Photography

First Assistant Director

First Assistant Director

Jan Záhumenský

Second Assistant Director

Production Design

Jiří Ondráček

Camera Operator

Vladimír Murat

Assistant Camera

Věra Cíglerová

Tamara Koubová

Original Music Composer

Zdeněk Borovec

Jaroslav Česal

Vladimír Ježek

Alena Červená

Still Photographer

Michaela Kopřivová

Script Supervisor

Monika Machytková

Gabriela Kubenová

Assistant Production Design

Production Manager

Josef Štambach

Unit Production Manager

Miroslava Smolová

Unit Production Manager

Assistant Production Manager

Assistant Production Manager

Štěpán Koníček