Through This Night

Jun 30, 2005

1h 52m

★ 8.0

Overview

The film portrays the final days of the most famous Czech authoress, Božena Nìmcová, who in the mid-19th century dared to live a life free of social constraints.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Daniel Zuta Filmproduktion

Avista Film

ARTE

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Cast

Bozena Nemcová

Corinna Harfouch

Josef Nemec

Bolek Polívka

Danek

Petr Forman

Dr. Lambl

Ondřej Vetchý

Dora Nemcová

Anna Polívková

Duchess

Táňa Fischerová

Jurenka

Adrian Jastraban

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