About this release
"Valerie (Jaroslava Schallerová) is the young teenage girl who lives with her grandmother. She feels the first stirring of sexual awareness when a carnival parade comes to town. Eagle (Petr Kopriva) is the young man who presents her with a pair of magic earrings. Her fantasy adventures begin when she imagines she is the daughter of a bishop with a hideous visage. Her grandmother becomes a vampire. She pretends to be dead when a priest tries to rape her by swallowing one of the earrings. The line between dreams and reality is blurred in this surreal psychological fantasy."
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Disc 1
BD
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
73 min
DramaAdventureFantasy
Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a different light, Valerie must endure her sexual awakening while attempting to discern reality from fantasy as she encounters lecherous priest Gracian, a vampire-like stranger and otherworldly carnival folk.
Credits
Director
Jaromil Jireš
Writer
Ester Krumbachová
Jaromil Jireš
Cast
Jaroslava Schallerováas Valerie
Helena Anýžováas Grandmother / Elsa / Mother / Redhead
Petr Kopřivaas Orlík
Jiří Prýmekas Tchoř-Constable
Jan Klusákas Gracián
Libuše Komancováas Handmaid in Training
Karel Engelas Coachman Ondřej
Alena Stojákováas Hedvika
Otto Hradeckýas Landlord
Martin Wielgusas Tchoř-Father
Cinematographer
Jan Čuřík
Composer
Luboš Fišer
Editor
Josef Valušiak
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 10, 2026