本片为《胡斯党三部曲》(Hussite trilogy)第二部。是由奥塔卡·瓦夫拉(Otakar Vavra,著名导演,1963年后任布拉格电影学院教授,早年参加“左翼阵线”,属于受当局信任的“老同志”,南斯拉夫大导演库斯图里卡的恩师)导演。扬·胡斯,15世纪要求宗教改革的新教传教士,后被提天主教会烧死,他的信徒们之后掀起了长达十八年的宗教战争。本片所述的故事发生在1419-1420。
A shimmering tragedy in the Hollywood mold, Virginity concerns a beautiful young woman prepared to sell herself into marriage to obtain money for her dying lover's treatment, while the camera tracks through gaudy nightclubs and overstuffed apartments. This is one of the first films by the great film master Otakar Vávra, a leading fixture in Czech cinema who, at the age of 95 is...