
Film
The King of Colonnades
1991 · Drama · History
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Overview
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
Josef Novotný
Barbora Leichnerová

Ivana Chýlková

Svatava Hubeňáková

Eliška Kuchařová

Rudolf Máhrla

Vlastimil Brodský

Zdeňka Sajfertová

Marek Vašut
Gestapo Officer
Anna de Abren e Lima
Barbora Sloupová
Jana Šedová

Daniel Rous
Milan Riehs
Lešek Wronka

Josef Langmiler
Hrbek
Crew
- Zeno DostálScreenplay · Director · Novel · Story
- Jiří MacákDirector of Photography
- Luboš FišerOriginal Music Composer
- Jan SvobodaEditor
Details
- Release date
- May 1, 1991
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Czech
- Genres
- Drama, History
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