Virginity (1937)

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)

Directing:
  • Otakar Vávra

Writing:
  • Otakar Vávra
  • František Čáp
  • Marie Majerová

Stars:
Release Date: 1937-11-04
themoviedb icon 5.3/10
  • Country: XC
  • Language: Český
  • Runtime: 83

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