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
Karel Pilar
Best movies:
Fetters (1961)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Pohled do očí (1961)
Laco Deczi
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jak svět přichází o básníky (1982)
Calamity (1980)
Lovers in the Year One (1973)
Jan Hammer Jr.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Martyrs of Love (1966)
O třech rytířích, krásné paní a lněné kytli (1996)
Jiří Verberger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Martyrs of Love (1966)
The Case Is Not Yet Closed (1957)
Jaroslav Boťa
Best movies:
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
The Golden Fern (1963)
Concert at the End of Summer (1979)
Miroslav Vitouš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Eva Olmerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Lovers in the Year One (1973)
Laco Tropp
Best movies:
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Milan Tesař
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Zdeněk Bruderhans
Best movies:
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Jitka Cerhová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Guard (1970)
Daisies (1966)
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969)
Ivana Karbanová
Best movies:
Svatba jako řemen (1967)
Daisies (1966)
Bedtime Story (1967)
Míla Hotový
Best movies:
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Herbert Kisza
Best movies:
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Jiří Kovařík
Best movies:
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Emanuel Pejška
Best movies:
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Antonín Pražák
Best movies:
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
Marie Simínová
Best movies:
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Miloš Šafránek
Best movies:
Martyrs of Love (1966)
Václav Vodák
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)