A short story by Rudolf Slawitschek Koller the Grandfather
The author of the story Grandfather Koller is the Prague German writer and Malá Strana native Rudolf Slawitschek (1880-1945). The story was first published in German in 1941 in Die Stadt am Strom (1941), p. 42-48.
The story is based on real events and tells about the author's grandfather Josef Koller and his personal meeting with Emperor Ferdinand the Good and his wife Empress Maria Anna of Savoy, as well as the precious gift he received on this occasion.
This recording was made in collaboration with Studio Virtual during a staged reading at the Etalon Theatre in Prague in 2022.
Cast:
Narrator Rudolf Slawitschek - Zdeněk Maryška
Josef Koller - František Jílek
Emperor Ferdinand the Good - Bohuslav Eckart
Empress Marie Anna of Savoy - Hana Středová
Directed by: František Jílek