XC / Nov 04, 1937
1h 23min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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)
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jaroslav Průcha | Rudolf Res |
| Vítězslav Boček | Hejtmánek |
| Bedřich Veverka | MUDr. Mikula |
| Otto Ballon | Karel Pálený |
| Anna Steimarová | |
| Marie Ježková | Barča |
| Zdeněk Gina Hašler | |
| Jan W. Speerger | |
| Milada Smolíková | |
| Milka Balek-Brodská | |
| Jarmila Bechyňová | Tereza |
| František Filipovský | Jenda |
| Hanuš Bárta | |
| Fráňa Vajner | |
| Ella Nollová | |
| Marie Grossová | |
| Alois Dvorský |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Panenství |
| Original language | Český (CS) |
| Spoken languages | Český |
| Production countries | Czechoslovakia |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Lucernafilm |
| Release date | 4 novembre 1937 |
| Writer | Marie Majerová, František Čáp, Otakar Vávra, A. J. Urban, Antonín Čejka |
| Editing | Jan Kohout |
| Cinematography | Jan Roth |
| Assistant directors | Walter Schorsch, Otakar Vávra |
| Camera operators | Jan Roth |
| Additional photography | Jan Roth |
| Production design | Štěpán Kopecký |
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| Art direction | Štěpán Kopecký |
| Set decoration | Štěpán Kopecký |
| Music | Roman Blahník, Josef Zora |
| Sound | Roman Blahník, Josef Zora |
Release dates
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