CINEFILER

Martyrs of Love

We are all...

1967
71 minutes
Comedy, Romance
★★★★★
★★★★★
2.95
Directed By: Jan Němec
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This three-part ballad, which often uses music to stand in for dialogue, remains the most perfect embodiment of Nemec’s vision of a film world independent of reality. Mounting a defense of timid, inhibited, clumsy, and unsuccessful individuals, the three protagonists are a complete antithesis of the industrious heroes of socialist aesthetics. Martyrs of Love cemented Nemec’s reputation as the kind of unrestrained nonconformist the Communist establishment considered the most dangerous to their ideology.

Language
Czech
Release Date
April 21, 1967
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