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Adventure · Comedy
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Film / 1970
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Directed by
Jaromil Jireš
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.
The story
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 SchallerováValerie
Helena AnýžováGrandmother / Elsa / Mother / Redhead
Petr KopřivaOrlík
Jiří PrýmekTchoř-Constable
Jan KlusákGracián
Libuše KomancováHandmaid in Training
Karel EngelCoachman Ondřej
Alena StojákováHedvika
Otto HradeckýLandlord
Martin WielgusTchoř-Father
Jiřina MachalickáFlower Girl
Michaela KlocováHandmaid
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Zdenka KovářováHandmaid
Bedřiška ChalupskáHandmaid
Robert NezvalDrummer
Slávka ŠpankováValerie (voice) (uncredited)
Viola ZinkováGrandmother / Elsa / Mother / Redhead (voice) (uncredited)
Nina DivíškováGrandmother / Elsa / Mother / Redhead (voice) (uncredited)
Hana MaciuchováHedvika (voice) (uncredited)
Eva OlmerováHandmaid-Madame (uncredited)
Jana AndresíkováHandmaid in Brother (uncredited)
Alice AuspergerováHandmaid (uncredited)
Eva HnátkováDancer (uncredited)
Z. BláhováDancer (uncredited)
Kristina MaarováDancer (uncredited)
Jarmila LangáškováFainting Virgin (uncredited)
Karel BělohradskýWhipper (uncredited)
Antonín CmíralWhipper (uncredited)
Přemysl KrbecWhipper (uncredited)
Karel MedekWhipper (uncredited)
Petr PoradaWhipper (uncredited)
Jiří ŠťastnýWhipper (uncredited)
P. DušekWhipper (uncredited)
M. FoltýnWhipper (uncredited)
J. KolářWhipper (uncredited)
V. NavrátilWhipper / Musician (uncredited)
Jan BerkaMusician (uncredited)
Jan ŽižkaMusician (uncredited)
M. HotovýMusician (uncredited)
M. RohanMusician (uncredited)
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