The King of Colonnades
1991•6.5•Released
DramaHistory
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.
Director
Zeno Dostál
Writer
Zeno Dostál
Languages
Czech
Studio
Filmové studio Barrandov
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
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