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
Virginity Crew
Name |
Department |
František Čáp as Writer. He was 23 (58) years old when He died
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Writing |
Otakar Vávra as Director. He was 26 (100) years old when He died
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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
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Editing |
Stepán Kopecký as Art Direction. |
Art |