Marijka the Unfaithful

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).

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 2, 1934

Original language

Czech

Spoken languages

Czech

Countries

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Jindřich Adolf,Robert Ford,Vasil Stolyc,Hana Maria Pravda,Ivan Olbracht,Andrej Kišť,Leopold Horešovský,Jaksiňa Djordjajová,Mikola Skira,Moses Adlerand 6 more

Director

Vladislav Vančura

Writer

Karel Nový,Ivan Olbracht

Producer

Ladislav Kolda

Cinematography

Jaroslav Blažek

Music

Bohuslav Martinů

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0187269