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5.8 1h 23m

Virginity

The doomed love of a city girl caught in the vise of poverty is detailed in Vavra’s fluid, romantic work, one of the most elegant creations of the Czech Modernist era... The film lingers over its characters’ habitats and haunts, finding psychological truths in what each owns or desires, and countering every Hollywood-ready scene of gleaming restaurants and dazzling penthouses with realist moments of employment lines and crammed flats. Vavra’s classical camerawork and aura of romantic defeatism give Virginity a force comparable to the master of this genre, Hollywood’s Frank Borzage. (BAM/PFA)

Top Cast

  • Lída Baarová

    Lída Baarová

    Hana Poláčková

  • Jaroslava Skorkovská

    Jaroslava Skorkovská

    Hanina matka

  • František Kreuzmann

    František Kreuzmann

    Hanin otčím

  • Ladislav Boháč

    Ladislav Boháč

    Pavel Jimeš

  • Zdeněk Štěpánek

    Zdeněk Štěpánek

    Josef Nevostrý

  • Adina Mandlová

    Adina Mandlová

    Lili

  • Božena Šustrová

    Božena Šustrová

    Mary

  • Jaroslav Průcha

    Jaroslav Průcha

    Rudolf Res

  • Vítězslav Boček

    Vítězslav Boček

    Hejtmánek

Overview

The doomed love of a city girl caught in the vise of poverty is detailed in Vavra’s fluid, romantic work, one of the most elegant creations of the Czech Modernist era... The film lingers over its characters’ habitats and haunts, finding psychological truths in what each owns or desires, and countering every Hollywood-ready scene of gleaming restaurants and dazzling penthouses with realist moments of employment lines and crammed flats. Vavra’s classical camerawork and aura of romantic defeatism give Virginity a force comparable to the master of this genre, Hollywood’s Frank Borzage. (BAM/PFA)

Rating

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