Marijka the Unfaithful

Drama · 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).

Starring

Vladislav Vančura, Anna Škelebejová, Andrej Kišť, Jiří Weiss, Jaksiňa Djordjajová, Jiří Weiss, Mikola Skira, Jiří Slavíček, Mikola Cjubik, Václav Hanuš

Director

Vladislav Vančura

Producer

Ladislav Kolda