Virginity (Panenství) 87 years old

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)

Credits

Virginity Cast

Name Character
Adina Mandlová She was 27, 81 years old when she died as Lili
František Filipovský He was 30, 86 years old when he died as Jenda
Jaroslav Průcha He was 39, 65 years old when he died as Rudolf Res
Milka Balek-Brodská She was 48, 72 years old when she died
Lída Baarová She was 23, 86 years old when she died as Hana Poláčková
František Kreuzmann st. as Hanin otčím
Jan W. Speerger He was 42, 55 years old when he died
Zdeněk Štěpánek He was 41, 71 years old when he died as Josef Nevostrý

Virginity Crew

Name Department
František Čáp as Writer. He was 23 (58) years old when He died Writing
Otakar Vávra as Director. He was 26 (100) years old when He died Directing
Otakar Vávra as Writer. He was 26 (100) years old when He died Writing
Jan Kohout as Editor. He was 23 (now 63) years old Editing
Stepán Kopecký as Art Direction. Art
Virginity (87 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, November 04, 1937
  • Runtime: 83 minutes