Housle a sen

The biographical film about the prematurely deceased violin virtuoso Josef Slavík takes place entirely like a haunting dream, in the mind of a feverish artist who remembers how he amazed Paganini himself with his playing.

Cast

Jaromír Spal

as Josef Slavík

Vlasta Fabianová

as Anna Zásmucká

Václav Voska

as Frederic Chopin

Karel Dostal

as Niccolò Paganini

Libuše Zemková

as Henrietta Astfeldová

Jiřina Krejčová

as Magdalenka

Marie Vášová

Eduard Kohout

as Pavel Adam Lažanský

Vladimír Řepa

as W. W. Würfel

František Smolík

as Quardián

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