Marijka the Unfaithful (1934)
“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).
Director:
Vladislav Vančura
Writers:
Ivan Olbracht, Karel Nový.
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Anna Škelebejová as |
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Andrej Kišť as |
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Jaksiňa Djordjajová as |
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Mikola Skira as |
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Mikola Cjubik as |
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Michal Derbak as |
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Moses Adler as |
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Hana Maria Pravda as |
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Sylvie Havránková as |
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Robert Ford as |
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Ivan Olbracht as |
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Leopold Horešovský as |
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Jindřich Adolf as |
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Vasil Stolyc as |
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Icko Kahan as |
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Petro Šuhaj as |
| Sound | Bohuslav Martinů | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Vladislav Vančura | Director |
| Sound | František Škvor | Conductor |
| Production | Ladislav Kolda | Producer |
| Writing | Ivan Olbracht | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ivan Olbracht | Story |
| Writing | Karel Nový | Screenplay |
| Production | Ladislav Kolda | Production Manager |
| Camera | Jaroslav Blažek | Director of Photography |
| Art | Bedřich Feuerstein | Production Design |
| Editing | Jiří Slavíček | Editor |
| Camera | Jiří Weiss | Camera Trainee |
| Sound | Josef Zora | Sound |
| Camera | Willy Ströminger | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Jiří Weiss | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Camera | Václav Hanuš | Assistant Camera |
