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)
(more)Cast
Božidara Turzonovová
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Na skle maľované (1980) (TV movie)
Romulus Veľký (1992) (TV movie)
Kým kohút nezaspieva (1972)
Juraj Kukura
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Kukura (2014) (theatrical recording)
Demeterovci (1976) (TV movie)
Jiří Adamíra
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dva na koni, jeden na oslu (1977) (theatrical recording)
A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova (1965) (TV movie)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Miloš Kopecký
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Josef Somr
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Čestmír Řanda st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Josef Kemr
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Václav Neužil st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hope (1963)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Divine Ema (1979)
Václav Lohniský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Witchhammer (1969)
Karel Augusta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Vlastimil Bedrna
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Bratři Karamazovi (1981) (theatrical recording)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Jana Smrčková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Divine Ema (1979)
Pražská 5 (1988)
Milena Svobodová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Divine Ema (1979)
Motiv pro vraždu (1974)
Spiderweb (1986)
Zdeněk Dítě
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dva na koni, jeden na oslu (1977) (theatrical recording)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Men About Town (1969)
Karel Urbánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Věc Makropulos (1970) (theatrical recording)
Egyptologové (1974) (TV movie)
Muži jdou v tmě (1975) (TV movie)
Všemír Němec
Best movies:
Divine Ema (1979)
František Řehák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Oto Ševčík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Assassination (1964)
Divided We Fall (2000)
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
Bořík Procházka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
František Šec
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Divine Ema (1979)
Sjezd abiturientů (1999) (TV movie)