The opera lady singer Ema Destinnová is in all her splendor at the American stages. But in Europe there rages war and she decides to return home to Bohemia.
Social & External
The people behind it
Božidara Turzonovová
Ema Destinová
Juraj Kukura
Viktor
Jiří Adamíra
plukovník kontrašpionáže
Miloš Kopecký
Herold Samuel
Josef Somr
nadporučík kontrašpionáže
Čestmír Řanda
ředitel Národního divadla
Josef Kemr
vesnický dirigent
Václav Neužil st.
velitel celníků
Václav Lohniský
přednosta stanice
Karel Augusta
exekutor
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