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Gabriela

1942

A quiet, earnest melodrama of a marriage quietly fraying, watched with the patient ache of old wounds and unspoken longing.

Directed by
Miroslav J. Krňanský
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marie Glázrová, Karel Höger, Vladimír Leraus
Overview
Gabriela Tuzarová still loves her husband Petr very much, even though he has cooled off towards her. Petr is an accountant in a printing house. He secretly speculates on the stock market and maintains a relationship with the owner of the company, Šeborová. He speculated on Gabriela's dowry and thirty thousand crowns, which he borrowed from the company treasury. The famous conductor Štěpán Tuzar, Petr's brother, arrives in Prague. Štěpán is enchanted by Gabriela...

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Directed by
Miroslav J. Krňanský
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marie Glázrová, Karel Höger, Vladimír Leraus
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • greed
  • loyalty
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Miroslav J. Krňanský
Written by
Vladimír Neff, Miroslav J. Krňanský
Starring
Marie Glázrová, Karel Höger, Vladimír Leraus, Zdeňka Baldová, Jiří Steimar, Marie Rosůlková, Jindřich Plachta, Vladimír Salač
Music
Jaroslav Křička, Miloš Smatek
Cinematography
Václav Hanuš
Country
Czechoslovakia
Languages
Czech

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