When a young woman he loves is promised by her father to an older widower, the youth decides to leave his village and go off to war rather than see this happen.Will the girl's grandmother be able to step in and help?.
Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for older, moody European dramas, absolutely. It is a dense, gray, and often painful watch. If you need pacing that feels like a modern thriller, you will probably be bored out of your mind within ten minutes. This is for the folks who like to sit with a character’s misery...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Josef Rovenský
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for older, moody European dramas, absolutely. It is a dense, gray, and often painful watch. If you need pacing that feels like a modern thriller, you will probably be bored out of your mind within ten minutes. This is for the folks who like to sit with a character’s misery until it feels like their own. The whole thing feels like it was filmed inside a heavy wool blanket. There is this oppressive, damp atmosphere that follows Marysa everywhere she ..."
Otakar Vávra, Vladimír Wokoun, Josef Rovenský, Alois Mrstík, Vilém Mrstík
Slovakia
