Marijka the Unfaithful (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).

Released

1934-03-02

Genres

Drama

Runtime

73 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Vladislav Vančura, Karel Nový, Ivan Olbracht

TMDB rating

7.0/10 from 2 votes