Helena Anyzkova, Helena Anyzova, Jan Klusak

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Unrated, 1 hr. 17 min.

Directed by: Jaromil Jires

Release Date: January 1, 1970

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DVD Release Date: January 13, 2004

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  • April 14, 2009
    While fascinating in the visual sense, the film as a whole was a bit too convoluted even for my tastes.

    While I'm perfectly capable of enjoying a film as simply a beautifully bizarre spectacle...this one was JUST whimsical enough that I longed for a bit more cohesion in the st...( read more)ory. A sort of "fractured fairy tale" if you will.

    Not for everyone, but for those who enjoy bizarre and visually intriguing films...it will be a treat.
  • May 25, 2008
    The last five or so minutes were brilliant. Otherwise this film was far too bizarre, even for me.
  • April 8, 2009
    There is no place like home Valerie.....
    The assassination of a blossoming violet.Also known as the savage youth and how to embrace your dreams evading hell.
  • November 19, 2009
    Blending elements of horror, fantasy and eroticism, Valerie's story is told in a dreamlike, whimsical fashion.
  • November 16, 2009
    Remember seeing that one in a theater , after 20 minutes the 70% of the audience left! .. i stayed till the end and fucking loved every bit of it.The movie was utterly stupid and confusing at most of the times but it projected a strong goth nightmarish atmosphere of the unknown...( read more) mixed with high psychedelic doses of bizarre story bits stripped from every sense of logic and reality ,which was quite kinky and effective for my viewing pleasures. i cant really describe the feeling that i acquired after watching this. It mind-fucked me pretty well , got into my unconsciousness , left me wondering what the hell just happened , it kinda felt like taking drugs (seriously). Soundtrack was also an important factor , this baroque masterpiece was haunting me for years. Its not for everyone , but if you are an adventurous and brave movie addict you will certainly find something in there.
  • October 4, 2009
    What? I'm confused. Is Orlik really his brother or not? The film has a lot of plot holes and the film's surrealism should be no excuse for it. Medieval society has never been this beautiful and dreamlike. Even though this surreal world of evil priests, vampires and young beautifu...( read more)l women is shown in an unreal yet playful quality, I am just annoyed by the childishness and passivity of the young women and the film's idolatry for female virgins.
  • September 17, 2009
    WEB. Lograda en cuanto a su atmósfera onírica y su alegoría del despertar a la sexualidad, pero lamentablemente sus personajes (sobre todo los femeninos) están completamente arquetipados y desprovistos de complejidad alguna, incluso para una fantasía. De hecho, tantea con la miso...( read more)ginia al depender su encanto de esa deshumanización. / Accomplished in terms of dreamlike atmosphere and as an allegory of sexual awakening, but unfortunately its characters (especially the women) are completely archetyped and devoid of any complexity, even for a fantasy. In fact, borders on mysogyny as its charm rests upon such a dehumanization.
  • December 3, 2008
    Wow, what a film, very much a film based on mysteries and this idea that everything is somehow important, the real and unreal and the fantasy and deliriums. Absurd and very much filled with vague ideas that correspond to whatever fantasy and thoughts we might have at the time, an...( read more)d so, a film for all time and for all men and women and so, a film that is also, magical.
  • November 14, 2008
    That special time in a girl's life when she has her first period and discovers her parents, priests, and seemingly all the adults in the town are actually vampires. After that things get pretty weird.

    Experimental Czech Fairly Tale from behind the Iron Curtain, that's absurdi...( read more)st, political, driven by dream logic, and downright dull at times, but also worth watching, if your in the right mood.
  • October 9, 2008
    What if all that vampire really wanted to do the whole movie was just go to the dentist?

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