In a small Czech town named Jilemnice lives a brave and jovial woman Štěpa Kiliánová, who enjoys her independent life but also desires to marry and have a family. The latter proves difficult as most potential suitors do not find her to be matching ideals of a 1900s wife. Out of excessive trust and desire to marry, she marries her cousin, a sardonic, reclusive man, former lieutenant and gambler Pavel Malina, whose only wish is to find peace and forget the past. Meanwhile the groom's father and older brother are interested in Štěpa's inheritance to save their farm from ruin. The couple live through unrequited love, dislike and disappointment on Štěpa's side, since her husband does not consummate the marriage because of his impotence, due to the syphilis he caught during his excessive life-style time in the army.
lamps, film, lamps, czech, petrolejové, lampy, 1971, czechoslovak, drama, film, directed, written, juraj, herz, competed, 1972, cannes, film, festival, based, novel, jaroslav, havlíček, lampstheatrical, posterdirected, byjuraj, herzwritten, bymeir, dohnaljaros. Oil Lamps Czech Petrolejove lampy is a 1971 Czechoslovak drama film directed and co written by Juraj Herz It competed in the 1972 Cannes Film Festival 1 It is based on a novel by Jaroslav Havlicek Oil LampsTheatrical posterDirected byJuraj HerzWritten byMeir DohnalJaroslav HavlicekJuraj HerzVaclav SasekStarringIva Janzurova Petr CepekCinematographyDodo SimoncicEdited byJaromir JanacekRelease date5 November 1971 1971 11 05 Running time101 minutesCountryCzechoslovakiaLanguageCzech Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 References 4 External linksPlot editIn a small Czech town named Jilemnice lives a brave and jovial woman Stepa Kilianova who enjoys her independent life but also desires to marry and have a family The latter proves difficult as most potential suitors do not find her to be matching ideals of a 1900s wife Out of excessive trust and desire to marry she marries her cousin a sardonic reclusive man former lieutenant and gambler Pavel Malina whose only wish is to find peace and forget the past Meanwhile the groom s father and older brother are interested in Stepa s inheritance to save their farm from ruin The couple live through unrequited love dislike and disappointment on Stepa s side since her husband does not consummate the marriage because of his impotence due to the syphilis he caught during his excessive life style time in the army Cast editIva Janzurova as Stepa Kilianova Petr Cepek as Pavel Malina Marie Rosulkova as Mother Ota Sklencka as Father Vladimir Jedenactik as Uncle Karel Cernoch as Synacek Jaroslav Blazek as Trakl Vaclav Vondracek as Tabetic MachonReferences edit Festival de Cannes Oil Lamps festival cannes com Retrieved 14 April 2009 External links editOil Lamps at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to a Czech film of the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This 1970s drama film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oil Lamps film amp oldid 1209781779, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
