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Valerie a týden divů
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- Summary
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A girl on the verge of womanhood finds herself in a sensual fantasyland of vampires, witchcraft, and other threats in this eerie and mystical movie daydream. Serves up an endlessly looping, nonline...
A girl on the verge of womanhood finds herself in a sensual fantasyland of vampires, witchcraft, and other threats in this eerie and mystical movie daydream. Serves up an endlessly looping, nonlinear fairy tale, set in a quasi-medieval landscape. Ravishingly shot, enchantingly scored, and spilling over with surreal fancies.
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- Creator
- Janus Films ; Ústřední půjčovna filmů v Praze uváldí ; scénář napsali, Ester Krumbachová a Jaromil Jireš ; dramaturg, Jiří Musil ; režie, Jaromil Jireš ; Filmové studio Barrandov nositel Řádu práce = Valerie and her week of wonders / Janus Films ; Central Film Distribution presents ; screenplay by Ester Krumbachová, Jaromil Jireš ; directed by Jaromil Jireš
- Other Title
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- Title on container: Valerie and her week of wonders
- Included Titles
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- Stredja (Motion picture)
- Stopy (Motion picture)
- Sál stracených kroků (Motion picture)
- Uncle
- Footprints
- Hall of lost footsteps
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- Czech
- Contributors
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- Jireš, Jaromil, 1935-2001, screenwriter, film director
- Krumbachová, Ester, 1923-1996, screenwriter, production designer
- Musil, Jiří, screenwriter
- Schallerová, Jaroslava, 1956- actor
- Anýžová, Helena, actor
- Kopřiva, Petr (Actor)
- Prýmek, Jiří, 1933-1983, actor
- Klusák, Jan, 1934- actor
- Lackingerová, Eva, costume designer
- Calta, Josef, set designer
- Oliva, Jan (Art director)
- Fišer, Luboš, composer (expression)
- Belfín, František, 1923-1997, conductor
- Valušiak, Josef, 1934- editor of moving image work
- Čuřík, Jan, 1924-1996, director of photography
- Nezval, Vitězslav, 1900-1958. Valerie a týden divů
- Hames, Peter, interviewee (expression)
- Kremen, Pavel, interviewer (expression)
- Prikryl, Jana, writer of supplementary textual content
- Valerie Project (Musical group)
- Janus Films
- Ústřední půjčovna filmů (Prague, Czech Republic)
- Filmové studio Barrandov
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Publication
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- DVD special edition
- [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
- ©2015
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (76 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert
- digital optical mono Dolby Digital 1.0
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- ISBNs
- 1681430029, 9781681430027
- OCLC
- ocn908284791
- Credits
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- Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýžová, Petr Kopřiva, Jiří Prýmek, Jan Klusák, Libuše Komancová, Karel Engel, Alena Stojáková, Otto Hradecký, Martin Wielgus, Jiřina Machalická, Michaela Klocová, Zdenka Kovářová, Bedřiška Chalupská, Robert Nezval
- Production design by Ester Krumbachová ; costumes by Eva Lackingerová ; set design by Josef Calta ; art direction by Jan Oliva ; music by Luboš Fišer ; instrumentalists, Filmový symfonický orchestr ; conductor, František Belfín ; editor, Josef Valušiak ; cinematography, Jan Čuřík
- Based on a story by Vítězslava Nezvala
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970.
- Special features: New 4K digital restoration ; Short films (by director Jaromil Jires): Stredja = Uncle (1959), Stopy = Footprints (1960), Sál stracených kroků = The hall of lost footsteps (1960); Resurrecting the avant-garde (interview with film historian Peter Hames); Jaroslava Schallerová (2006 interview with the actor about her role in the film, by Pavel Křemen); Jan Klusák (2006 interview with the actor about the making of the film by Pavel Křemen); The Valerie project score (alternate 2007 psycho-folk soundtrack to the film by the Valerie Project); More than a soundtrack: the Valerie Project (a new video piece on the music's origins); New English subtitle translation. Insert includes an essay by critic Jana Prikryl.
- DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
- In Czech, with optional subtitles in English.