Virginity (1937)
Drama
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)
Cast
Hana Poláčková
Hanina matka
Karel Pálený
Barča
Tereza
Jenda
Hanin otčím
Pavel Jimeš
Josef Nevostrý
Lili
Mary
Rudolf Res
Hejtmánek
MUDr. Mikula
Crew
Director
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Assistant Director
Novel
Screenplay
Screenplay
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Director of Photography
Production Design
Sound
Production Manager
Original Music Composer
Lyricist