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Jana

1935 · 84 min

A quiet, earnest rural melodrama that drifts from hardship to tenderness and then toward heartbreak.

Overview
After her mother's death, Jana is forced to leave her native village because her house has been sold. She searches in vain for work in the surrounding area. A young farmer named Michael finds the exhausted girl in the woods and takes her to the farm he runs with his older brother, Petr. Jana soon recovers and stays on as the housekeeper. The carefree Michael seduces her, and she falls in love with him. Michael is called up for military service in Prague, where he gives himself over to a dissolute lifestyle.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • love
    • betrayal
    • survival
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    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
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance6
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, romance
    Directed by
    Emil Synek, Robert Land
    Written by
    Emil Synek
    Starring
    Helena Bušová, Zdeněk Štěpánek, Ladislav Boháč, Wilhelm Tauchen, Stanislav Neumann, Ferdinand Hart, Bohuš Hradil, Fráňa Vajner
    Music
    Karel Hašler, Miloš Smatek
    Cinematography
    Jaroslav Blažek
    Runtime
    84 min
    Country
    Czechoslovakia
    Languages
    Czech

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