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)
Director and cast
- Otakar Vávra Director
- Lída Baarová as Hana Poláčková
- Jaroslava Skorkovská as Hanina matka
- František Kreuzmann as Hanin otčím
- Ladislav Boháč as Pavel Jimeš
- Zdeněk Štěpánek as Josef Nevostrý
- Adina Mandlová as Lili
- Božena Šustrová as Mary
- Jaroslav Průcha Cast
- Vítězslav Boček Cast
- František Filipovský Cast
More films
Coco Before Chanel (2009)
Drama · History · PG-13
Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into Frenc...
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Director
- Anne Fontaine
- Cast
- Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola
Mother's Elling (2003)
Comedy · Drama · N/A
Elling has lived with his mother all his life. Mom is the practical one, while Elling ponders the more theoretical aspects of life. He spends his time in their apartment reading books and looking at the neighbours through the living room window. Elling doesn't seem to need to be around others like most people. That's why Elling is less...
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Director
- Eva Isaksen
- Cast
- Per Christian Ellefsen, Grete Nordrå, Helge Reiss
Touching the Void (2003)
Action · Adventure · Documentary · Drama · R
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Director
- Kevin Macdonald
- Cast
- Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Ollie Ryall
Evil (2003)
Drama · Not Rated
Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to U...
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Director
- Mikael Håfström
- Cast
- Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundström, Gustaf Skarsgård
The American Friend (1977)
Crime · Drama · Thriller · Not Rated
Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Cast
- Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members