Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1971
Oil Lamps (film)
Buy Oil Lamps (film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Oil Lamps' is a 1971 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Juraj Herz. It competed in the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on a novel by Jaroslav Havlek.
Plot
In a small Czech town named Jilemnice lives a brave and jovial woman tpa Kilinov, 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 tpa's inheritance to save their farm from ruin. The couple live through unrequited love, dislike and disappointment on tpa'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
* Iva Janurov as tpa Kilinov
* Petr epek as Pavel Malina
* Marie Roslkov as Mother
* Ota Sklenka as Father
* Vladimr Jedenctk as Uncle
* Karel ernoch as Synek
* Jaroslav Blaek as Trakl
* Vclav Vondrek as Tabetic Macho
References
Buy Oil Lamps (film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1971