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Czech | Valerie a týden divů |
Directed by | Jaromil Jireš |
Screenplay by |
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Based on | Valerie and Her Week of Wonders by Vítězslav Nezval |
Produced by | Jirí Becka |
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Cinematography | Jan Čuřík |
Edited by | Josef Valušiak |
Music by | Luboš Fišer |
Production company | Filmové studio Barrandov |
Distributed by | Ústřední půjčovna filmů |
Release dates |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | Czechoslovakia |
Language | Czech |
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Czech: Valerie a týden divů) is a 1970 Czechoslovak Gothic surrealist coming-of-age psychological dark fantasy horror film[1][2][3] co-written and directed by Jaromil Jireš, based on the 1935 novel of the same name by Vítězslav Nezval. It is considered part of the Czechoslovak New Wave movement.[3] The film portrays the heroine as living in a disorienting dream, cajoled by priests, vampires, and men and women alike. The film blends dark fantasy, eroticism and Gothic horror genres.[4]