Martyrs of Love
1967
71 minutes
Overview
This three-part ballad, which often uses music to stand in for dialogue, remains the most perfect embodiment of Nemec’s vision of a film world independent of reality. Mounting a defense of timid, inhibited, clumsy, and unsuccessful individuals, the three protagonists are a complete antithesis of the industrious heroes of socialist aesthetics. Martyrs of Love cemented Nemec’s reputation as the kind of unrestrained nonconformist the Communist establishment considered the most dangerous to their ideology.
Top Cast
Petr Kopřiva
Marta Kubišová
Hana Kuberová
Jan Klusák
Karel Gott
Vladimír Preclík
Josef Koníček
Denisa Dvořáková
Zdeněk Fanta
Pavel Bošek
Miloň Novotný
Alena Čepková
Olga Světelská
Jiří Mucha
Marta Kadlečíková
Inka Zemánková
Eva Olmerová
Jiří Verberger
Pavel Vitoch
Ferdinand Havlík
Eugen Jegorov
Karel Pilar
Laco Déczi
Jan Hammer
Miroslav Vitouš
Laco Tropp
Jaroslav Boťa
Milan Tesař
Zdeněk Bruderhans
Jitka Cerhová
Ivana Karbanová
Jiří Kovařík
Helena Anýžová
Antonín Bahenský
Vlasta Bambulová
Jana Dufková
Libor Fára
Karel Greif
Šárka Horáčková
Miroslav Hotový
Pavel Jaderník
Marie Jančová
Jiřina Jandová
Herbert Kisza
Zdena Korčáková
Jan Krumbach
Ela Květoňová
Jana Lauferová
Jana Lichtenbergová
Jana Mašíková
Emanuel Pejška
Irena Pejšková
Antonín Pražák
Jiří Reichl
Zuzana Schnöblingová
Marie Simínová
Marie Sixtová
Miloš Šafránek
Jana Ševčíková
Zdena Škvorecká
Václav Vodák
Karel Volf
Roman Weiss
Lindsay Anderson
Man in traffic police booth (uncredited)