Rent Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

3.5 of 5 from 120 ratings
1h 13min
Rent Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (aka Valerie a týden divu () Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
With its stunning visuals and transcendent score, 'Valerie and Her Week of Wonders' is a potent mix of fairy tale, horror and surrealism, drawing the audience into the fantastical world inhabited by a young girl on the threshold of adulthood. Caught between waking and dreaming, Valerie's enchanted realm is inhabited by vampires and phantasmagorical creatures evoked in a marvellous kaleidoscope of intoxicating imagery. Haunting and poetic, the film casts a powerful spell. Recognised as one of the most enduring and influential fantasies ever made, it has become a cult classic.
Actors:
, , Petr Kopriva, Jirí Prýmek, , Libuse Komancová, , Alena Stojáková, Otto Hradecký, Martin Wielgus, Jirina Machalická, Michaela Klocová, Zdenka Kovárová, Bedriska Chalupská, Robert Nezval, , , , ,
Directors:
Producers:
Jirí Becka
Voiced By:
Josef Abrhám, Nina Divísková, Miroslava Hozová, Viola Zinková
Writers:
Vítezslav Nezval, Jaromil Jires, Ester Krumbachová, Jirí Musil
Aka:
Valerie a týden divu (
Studio:
SECOND RUN DVD
Genres:
Classics, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Collections:
A Brief History of Lesbian Cinema, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Czech Films, Top Films
Countries:
Czechoslovakia
BBFC:
Release Date:
25/08/2008
Run Time:
73 minutes
Languages:
Czech
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Trailers
  • Stills Gallery
  • Video Art
  • Bonus 'Triple Silence' Feature: 'Cadaveria' - 'Spells' Music Video
BBFC:
Release Date:
27/01/2020
Run Time:
77 minutes
Languages:
Czech LPCM Stereo
Subtitles:
English
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.37:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
(0) All
Bonus:
  • Three short films by Jaromil Jireš: Uncle (1959, 6 mins), Footprints (full version) (1960, 21 mins), The Hall of Lost Footsteps (1960, 12 mins)
  • A newly-recorded Projection Booth audio commentary with Mike White, Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger
  • Audio commentary with Peter Hames and Daniel Bird
  • A filmed introduction by Michael Brooke
  • A filmed interview with Jaroslava Schallerova (Valerie)

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Reviews (1) of Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Beautiful, disturbing, uncomfortable and charming. - Valerie and Her Week of Wonders review by NP

Spoiler Alert
05/11/2021

This Czechoslovak film is described as ‘surrealist, fantasy horror’ by Wikipedia. Directed by Jaromil Jireš, it uses the coming of age of young Valerie (Jaroslava Schallerová) to display the adult world as being full of vampires, lechers and monsters.

An acquired taste certainly, but beautiful and charming as well as uncomfortable and disturbing, this is a memorable adult fairy tale whose connotations are often left in the mind of the audience. My score is 9 out of 10.

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