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The film offers the viewers an insight into the family life of the famous Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. His wife Anna has endowed him with nine children and a perfect creative environment, but Dvořák´s Muse and secret, unfulfilled love is her sister, Countess and actress Josefina Kounicová. Shortly after his New World Symphony was premièred in 1894, Dvořák returns from America. He is fifty-three years old, and at the peak of his fame. He feels his creative strength, and perceives the gift of God thanks to which ever new ideas worthy a genius are bring born in his head with sincere respect. Yet deep in his heart, he is fear-stricken. In the pocket of his vest is a well-thumbed letter which arrived to America from Bohemia, and only he - and „the other one“ - know about its existence. Josefina writes in it that she is seriously ill, and perhaps not much time is left … And so Dvořák loses no time and heads for home. Hasn´t he been living only mechanically for all those years? Shouldn´t he at last break all ties and obey his heart? And what would the price be? Because everything in life has to be paid for … Is he really prepared to pay for the decision which will disrupt the divine order of his private universe?
HD | 102´ | © 2015
director(s): Jaroslav Brabec
producer(s): Czech Television
scriptwriter(s): Petr Zikmund
director of photography: Tomáš Sysel
cast: Hynek Čermák, Petra Špalková, Soňa Norisová, Igor Bareš, Vladimír Javorský, Sabina Rojková, Petr Šmíd, Tomáš Havlínek, Oldřich Vlach, Jan Novotný and others
rights available: TV, Video, Internet
original language: Czech
subtitles available: English
other data: Awards: 20th International TV Festival Bar 2015 - Best Visual Identity Award in the feature film category *** 10th Seoul International Drama Awards 2015 - Jury’s Special Prize *** 23rd Czech Lion 2015 - Best Television Film or Miniseries