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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

A journey into womanhood...

1970•1h 13m•7.0/10
FantasyAdventureDrama

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7.0/10(291)

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.

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Filmové studio Barrandov

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Jaroslava Schallerová

Jaroslava Schallerová

Valerie

Helena Anýžová

Helena Anýžová

Grandmother / Elsa / Mother / Redhead

Petr Kopřiva

Orlík

Jiří Prýmek

Tchoř-Constable

Jan Klusák

Gracián

Libuše Komancová

Handmaid in Training

Karel Engel

Coachman Ondřej

Alena Stojáková

Hedvika

Otto Hradecký

Landlord

Martin Wielgus

Tchoř-Father

Jiřina Machalická

Flower Girl

Michaela Klocová

Handmaid

Zdenka Kovářová

Handmaid

Bedřiška Chalupská

Handmaid

Robert Nezval

Drummer

Slávka Španková

Valerie (voice) (uncredited)

Viola Zinková

Grandmother / Elsa / Mother / Redhead (voice) (uncredited)

Nina Divíšková

Nina Divíšková

Grandmother / Elsa / Mother / Redhead (voice) (uncredited)

Hana Maciuchová

Hana Maciuchová

Hedvika (voice) (uncredited)

Eva Olmerová

Handmaid-Madame (uncredited)

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