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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Directed by Jaromil Jireš
“A journey into womanhood...”
Fantasy, Adventure, Drama · 1h 13m
Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a different light, Valerie must endure her sexual awakening while attempting to discern reality from fantasy as she encounters lecherous priest Gracian, a vampire-like stranger and otherworldly carnival folk.
Cast
Jaroslava Schallerová
Valerie
Helena Anýžová
Grandmother / Elsa / Mother / Redhead
P
Petr Kopřiva
Orlík
J
Jiří Prýmek
Tchoř-Constable
J
Jan Klusák
Gracián
L
Libuše Komancová
Handmaid in Training
K
Karel Engel
Coachman Ondřej
A
Alena Stojáková
Hedvika
O
Otto Hradecký
Landlord
M
Martin Wielgus
Tchoř-Father
J
Jiřina Machalická
Flower Girl
M
Michaela Klocová
Handmaid
Crew
- Director
- Jaromil Jireš
- Screenplay
- Ester Krumbachová, Jaromil Jireš
- Novel
- Vítězslav Nezval
- Director of Photography
- Jan Čuřík
- Original Music Composer
- Luboš Fišer
- Editor
- Josef Valušiak
Details
- Original title
- Valerie a týden divů
- Release date
- 1970-10-16
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Adventure, Drama
- Original language
- CS
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Production
- Filmové studio Barrandov