Left with Five Girls

35 mmOR12
Director:Evald Schorm
Premiere:27. October 1967
Length:87 minutes
Genre:Drama, Psychologický

Left with Five Girls

Pět holek na krku; Evald Schorm, 1967, OV (cz); Evald Schorm, 1967, versions: OR,

Director: Evald Schorm • Scenario: Iva Hercíková, Evald Schorm • Kameraman: Jan Čuřík • Actors: Andrea Čunderlíková, Martin Vedral, Jana Krupičková, Lucie Žulová, Dana Matějková, Markéta Křenková

Actress Andrea Čunderlíková gained her first major acting role thanks to the efforts of director Evald Schorm. This key representative of the Czechoslovak New Wave cast the 15-year-old actress to play the lead in this 1967 psychological drama. The protagonist of the story, inspired by a novel from author Iva Hercíková, is 14-year-old Nataša, the daughter of a small town functionary. At school, many classmates abuse the goodwill of this timid girl. When Nataša falls madly in love with new classmate Petr, classmates Jiřina, Jana, Zdena and Libuše carry out a humiliating act to land her with a heavy taste of reality. Nataša shakes-off her shyness and decides to fight back, cold-bloodedly using her father’s official influence in the process. The film, by no means merely intended for young audiences, is notable for its portrayal of the moral transformation of a naive young girl into a bitter manipulator straight out of the German opera Der Freischütz (The Marksman) – excerpts from which are directly cut into the film.

Length: 87 min

Year: 1967
Local premiere date: 27. October 1967

Country of origin:

  • Czechoslovakia

Language version:

OR - Original version

Director: Evald Schorm • Scenario: Iva Hercíková, Evald Schorm • Kameraman: Jan Čuřík • Actors: Andrea Čunderlíková, Martin Vedral, Jana Krupičková, Lucie Žulová, Dana Matějková, Markéta Křenková

Actress Andrea Čunderlíková gained her first major acting role thanks to the efforts of director Evald Schorm. This key representative of the Czechoslovak New Wave cast the 15-year-old actress to play the lead in this 1967 psychological drama. The protagonist of the story, inspired by a novel from author Iva Hercíková, is 14-year-old Nataša, the daughter of a small town functionary. At school, many classmates abuse the goodwill of this timid girl. When Nataša falls madly in love with new classmate Petr, classmates Jiřina, Jana, Zdena and Libuše carry out a humiliating act to land her with a heavy taste of reality. Nataša shakes-off her shyness and decides to fight back, cold-bloodedly using her father’s official influence in the process. The film, by no means merely intended for young audiences, is notable for its portrayal of the moral transformation of a naive young girl into a bitter manipulator straight out of the German opera Der Freischütz (The Marksman) – excerpts from which are directly cut into the film.

Year: 1967
Local premiere date: 27. October 1967

Country of origin:

  • Czechoslovakia

Language version:

OR - Original version