Concert at the End of Summer

Concert at the End of Summer

103 mins | Drama | July 16, 1980

A docudrama about four weeks in the life of famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. The drama - filled with many of Dvorak's compositions - begins when the composer suddenly decides to cut a concert in London and return home. While on the train, flashbacks reveal his relationship to his wife Anna and her sister Josefina. Both women gave him inspiration, yet Dvorak is clearly troubled in some way as musical excerpts come and go in his creative mind.

Concert at the End of Summer

103 mins | Drama | July 16, 1980

Concert at the End of Summer
A docudrama about four weeks in the life of famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. The drama - filled with many of Dvorak's compositions - begins when the composer suddenly decides to cut a concert in London and return home. While on the train, flashbacks reveal his relationship to his wife Anna and her sister Josefina. Both women gave him inspiration, yet Dvorak is clearly troubled in some way as musical excerpts come and go in his creative mind.
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Koncert na konci léta
Directors František Vláčil
Writers Zdeněk Mahler

Cast

Josef Vinklář

as Antonín Dvořák

Ondřej Havelka

as Fenix

Jiří Bartoška

as Messenger

Svatopluk Beneš

as Kounic

Bohuš Záhorský

as Heiliberg

Václav Lohniský

as Bandmaster

Jana Hlaváčová

as Josefina Kounicová

Vlasta Fabianová

as Eleonora

Jana Hlaváčková

as Anna Dvořáková

Zora Muchová

as Anica Dvořáková

Ladislav Bambas

as student Oskar Nedbal