Marijka the Unfaithful

Czechoslovakia

• 1934-03-02
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  Drama
• ▪ 1h-13m

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Overview

“The Carpathians are medieval!” one character bellows, and this tale of the tree-chopper Petro, his faithless wife Marijka, and various scheming businessmen and foremen does little to disprove the assertion. Interestingly filmed with a nonprofessional cast recruited from the region, Faithless Marijka may have a neorealist conceit, but its direction is utterly futuristic, filled with the lightning-fast montage techniques and low-angle camera of the Soviet avant-garde (along with its invigorating agitprop).

• Bohuslav MartinůOriginal Music Composer

  Vladislav VančuraDirector

  František ŠkvorConductor

  Ladislav KoldaProducer

  Ivan OlbrachtScreenplay

  Ivan OlbrachtStory