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Marijka the Unfaithful (1934)
Directed by Vladislav Vančura
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).
Length 73 minutes
Actors
Anna Škelebejová | Andrej Kišť | Jaksiňa Djordjajová | Mikola Skira | Mikola Cjubik | Michal Derbak | Moses Adler | Hana Maria Pravda | Sylvie Havránková | Robert Ford | Ivan Olbracht | Leopold Horesovský | Jindřich Adolf | Vasil Stolyc | Icko Kahan | Petro Šuhaj