Directed by:
Juraj HerzCinematography:
Jaroslav KučeraComposer:
Luboš FišerCast:
Iva Janžurová, Josef Abrhám, Nina Divíšková, Petr Čepek, Josef Somr, Jiří Kodet, Jiří Lír, Ivan Palúch, Zuzana Fišárková, Marie Drahokoupilová (more)Plots(1)
Based on a short story by Aleksandr Grin, (the 'Russian Poe'), Morgiana is the story of twin sisters, Klára and Viktoria who live a life of decadent opulence, somewhere in the late 19th century. Klára is charming, trusting and beautiful, whilst Viktoria is wicked, sadistic, bursting with hate and jealousy - and who hatches a terrible revenge by slowly poisoning her more popular sister. As the toxin takes hold, Klára begins to lose grip on her sanity. Part fairy tale, part Gothic horror, Morgiana is a full-blown hallucinatory experience from the director of the chilling The Cremator, Oil Lamps and Beauty and the Beast. With delirious visuals conjured by cinematographer Jaroslav Kučera and often described as ‘the last film of the Czechoslovak New Wave’, Juraj Herz's delirious tale of terror is a surreal phantasmagoria of dark desires and splintered minds. (Second Run)
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Jarmila Tržická
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)
Silvia Severová
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)
Marika Nicaja
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)
Helena Lišková
Best movies:
Merlin aneb Pustá zem (1988) (theatrical recording)
Morgiana (1972)
Pohádka o staré tramvaji (1961)
Zdeňka Michaličková
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)
Jan Vlček
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Morgiana (1972)
Růžena Vlčková
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Morgiana (1972)
František Fencl
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)
Zdeněk Grygárek
Best movies:
Oil Lamps (1971)
Morgiana (1972)
The Hero Is Afraid (1965)
Radomír Hubáček
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Morgiana (1972)
Sign of the Cancer (1966)
Miloš Kohout
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Larks on a String (1969)
Morgiana (1972)
Why? (1987)
Jiří Navrátil
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)
Kanárek (1999)
Diary of a Modern Dad (2021)
Otto Ohnesorg
Austria-Hungary
Václav Soldát
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)
Kulhavý ďábel (1968)
A Matter of Days (1968)
Václav Vodák
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Party and the Guests (1966)
Eva Langmilerová
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)
Olga Fleischerová
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
Day for My Love (1976)
Oldřich Vlach
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Periferie (2017) (theatrical recording)
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)