Directed by:
Jan NěmecCinematography:
Miroslav OndříčekCast:
Petr Kopřiva, Marta Kubišová, Jiří Reichel, Zdena Korčáková, Hana Kuberová, Karel Gott, Jan Klusák, Jan Krumbach, Jana Dufková, Josef Koníček, Denisa Dvořáková (more)Plots(1)
Riding the wave of international fame that came with his first two feature films, artistically emboldened, Němec turned to his first love – music – to try his hand at an enjoyable audience pleaser. Featuring pop stars Karel Gott and Marta Kubišová (who later became the director's second wife) in lead roles, with cameos by the two girls from Chytilová's Daisies and director Lindsay Anderson as traffic policeman, Martyrs of Love is the most perfect embodiment of Němec's vision of a film world independent of reality. The nearly dialogue-free music comedy about three timid lovers, which combines aesthetics of 1920s silent slapstick cinema with romantic music of the 1960s, cemented the director's reputation as the kind of unrestrained nonconformist the Communist establishment considered the most dangerous to their ideology. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
Marta Kadlečíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Bony a klid (1987)
The Ninth Heart (1978)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Ela Květoňová
Best movies:
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Rytmus 1934 (1980)
Jana Lauferová
Best movies:
I, Distressing God (1969)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Jana Lichtenbergová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Man in Outer Space (1961)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Jana Mašíková
Best movies:
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Irena Pejšková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
Crime in the Night Club (1968)
Zuzana Schnöblingová
Best movies:
Ztracená tvář (1965)
Alibi on the Lake (1965)
June Days (1961)
Olga Světelská
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Rozčarovaní (1982) (TV movie)
Zdena Salivarová-Škvorecká
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Antonín Bahenský
Best movies:
Something Different (1963)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Libor Fára
Best movies:
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Karel Greif
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Last Butterfly (1990)
Popel a hvězdy (1990) (TV movie)
Všechny krásy života (1990) (TV movie)
Karel Volf
Best movies:
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Pavel Jaderník
Best movies:
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Jiří Mucha
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Pevnost na Rýně (1962)
Inka Zemánková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Rukavička (1941)
Vladimír Preclík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Pavel Vitoch
Best movies:
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Fetters (1961)
Bylo čtvrt a bude půl (1968)
Ferdinand Havlík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Semafor - Největší hity 2 (2007) (video compilation)
Eugen Jegorov
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)