based on novel or book

Virginity (1937)

Poster for 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)

Cast & Crew

Director
Otakar Vávra
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    Hana Poláčková Lída Baarová
  • Profile picture of Jaroslava Skorkovská
    Hanina matka Jaroslava Skorkovská
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    Hanin otčím František Kreuzmann
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    Pavel Jimeš Ladislav Boháč
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    Josef Nevostrý Zdeněk Štěpánek
  • Profile picture of Adina Mandlová
    Lili Adina Mandlová
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    Mary Božena Šustrová
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    Rudolf Res Jaroslav Průcha

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book