Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Overview

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.

Directed by Jaromil Jireš

Top cast

Jaroslava Schallerová

Valerie

Helena Anýžová

Grandmother / Elsa / Mother / Redhead

P

Petr Kopřiva

Orlík

J

Jiří Prýmek

Tchoř-Constable

J

Jan Klusák

Gracián

L

Libuše Komancová

Handmaid in Training

K

Karel Engel

Coachman Ondřej

A

Alena Stojáková

Hedvika

O

Otto Hradecký

Landlord

M

Martin Wielgus

Tchoř-Father

J

Jiřina Machalická

Flower Girl

M

Michaela Klocová

Handmaid

Z

Zdenka Kovářová

Handmaid

B

Bedřiška Chalupská

Handmaid

R

Robert Nezval

Drummer

S

Slávka Španková

Valerie (voice) (uncredited)

Viola Zinková

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

Nina Divíšková

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

Hana Maciuchová

Hedvika (voice) (uncredited)

E

Eva Olmerová

Handmaid-Madame (uncredited)

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