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He is one of the greatest Czechs, the creator of our national music, and we cannot imagine Czech culture without his work. Despite this, he wrote his boyhood diaries and love letters in German and did not learn to speak and write Czech properly until long after he was thirty. And this is far from the only circumstance that may surprise us in the author of The Bartered Bride or My Country. Many books have been published about Bedřich Smetana, and it would seem that his life has already been described in minute detail. But the more we learn about it, the more we also find that there is still much to discover. There is certainly no one all-encompassing view of our "most national" composer. The docu-novel Friedrich, called Bedřich, recounts his dramatic fate, but also his times and the stories of the people who surrounded him, loved and supported him or, on the contrary, made his path difficult. It is also a reflection on why Smetana was so many times propagandistically abused, like perhaps no other artist in our country. And finally, it asks some questions about ourselves that we still don't have answers to. The story of a Czech composer: "I just want to give you a message from my uncle," said Rieger's niece haughtily, confirming Elisha's guesses. "We all know that Mr. Smetana is not really deaf, he is only pretending to be deaf," she continued in her contemptuous tone. Elishka remained staring at her in disbelief. Is it possible that the hatred of Smetana's opponents goes so far as to deny his personal tragedy? "My uncle, therefore, tells you, miss, to stop supporting the hype that is being made about the chaplain. For one thing, he's a Wagnerian, who is constantly trying to Germanise Czech music, he thinks, that maybe it's some kind of merit, but in fact, the entire nation should condemn him for it, and not celebrate, and his feigned deafness! I mean, it's a shame that he's cheating people like that." Missy was getting more and more angry. "A deaf composer cannot compose music. At least, that's what my uncle says," she finished her speech and it looked like she was about to leave. She's accomplished her mission, so what's the point of hanging around, right? Milena Štráfeldová (* 1956) studied cultural studies and art history at Charles University. She has worked in libraries, museums, the Ministry of Culture and several editorial offices. From 2001 to 2014 she worked at Czech Radio. He has been a long-time writer, has so far published the historical novels Guláš pro Masaryka, Criminal, The Holy Bully and the B Sisters.., short story book The Cripples, Transcriber, What Leaves and Sweater taught me from leftovers. The most successful book so far has been a cross between a novel and a biography, That's Him! The one called Toyen. The plays The Lonely Evenings of Dora N., a monodrama about the daughter of Božena Němcová, and Afternoon Tea at the Looses were also published. The theatrical adaptation of Sister B premiered in 2015. As a screenwriter or author of the theme, she participated in the films Journey Without Return (about Jan Hus), The Last Escape of Jerome of Prague and Like Summer Snow (about J. A. Komenský). Jan Vlasák (* 1943) graduated from the JAMU in Brno and got his first engagement at the Slovácké Theatre in Uherské Hradiště. He also performed in theatres such as the Petr Bezruč Theatre, the State Theatre, the E. F. Burian, the State Theatre in Brno, the Realist Theatre, the Rokoko Theatre, the National Theatre. He currently works at the Prague City Theatres. He has acted in a number of films such as Educating Girls in Bohemia, Lovers and Murderers, The Bottle, Bathory and The Charlatan and in a number of TV series, including. The Rose Garden, Journeys Home, The Candy Store, Circus Bukowsky, The First Republic and Unconscious. Last but not least, it is dedicated to loading audiobooks. Dagmar Čárová (* 1958) is a Czech actress, but mainly a dubber. Born in Litoměřice, she graduated from the Jan Neruda Gymnasium with a theatre tradition and then from the DAMU. She was then engaged at the E. F. Burian, since 1993 he has been a freelance filmmaker, almost exclusively devoted to dubbing. He also appears occasionally in theatre roles, guesting at the Radek Brzobohatý Theatre, the František Ringo Čech Provisional Theatre, the Alexey Pyšek Theatre Ensemble and others. You can also see her in TV series, e.g. Police Modrava. When working in recording studios, he uses his knowledge of several foreign languages, he speaks German, Russian, English and, depending on his