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The King of Colonnades (1991)
Directed by Zeno Dostál
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.
Actors
Josef Novotný | Barbora Leichnerová | Ivana Chýlková | Svatava Hubeňáková | Eliška Kuchařová | Rudolf Máhrla | Vlastimil Brodský | Zdenka Sajfertová | Marek Vašut | Anna de Abren e Lima | Barbora Sloupová | Jana Sedova | Daniel Rous | Milan Riehs | Lešek Wronka | Josef Langmiler | Karel Urbánek | Martin Zahálka | Otomar Krejča ml. | Václav Babka | Marie Kadeřábková | Milan Klacek | Antonín Hardt | Vlastimil Hašek | Jiří Knot | Jiří Žák | Vlasta Mecnarowská | Jiří Pomeje | Jaroslav Tomsa | Michal Hofbauer | Václav Kotva | Vladuna Polanská | Ilona Jirotková | Petra Freserová | Magdalena Holendrová | Luda Maresová | Galla Macků | Miroslav Kahoun | Miloš Horanský | František Martiník | Roman Mecnarowski | Kamil Prachař | Libor Hruška | Daniel Hrbek | Pavel Nový | Pavel Pípal