A Bagful of Fleas + Daisies 1962 – 1966 Ages 15+

When

6.00 pm, Fri 20 Jul 2018 (117 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema A

About

Pytel blech (A Bagful of Fleas) 1962

Shot in a teenage girls boarding school attached to a cotton mill, this quasi-vérité short by Véra Chytilova anticipates both Daisies and Miloš Forman’s A Blonde in Love.

43 minutes | Ages 15+

Sedmikrásky (Daisies) 1966

The film most emblematic of the freedoms afforded artists by the then imminent Prague Spring, Véra Chytilová’s best known film is a glorious Dadaist revolt against dominant narrative genres and modes of representation. Two young women embark upon an anarchic rampage, joyously exploiting a string of hapless men; chaos and wanton destruction ensue.

74 minutes | Ages 15+

Production Credits

Pytel blech (A Bagful of Fleas)

  • Director: Véra Chytilová
  • Scriptwriter: Véra Chytilová
  • Cinematographer: Jaromir Šofr
  • Editor: Marie Čulíková
  • Print Source: National Film Archive, Prague
  • Rights: National Film Archive, Prague
  • Year: 1962
  • Runtime: 43 minutes
  • Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Language: Czech
  • Subtitles: English
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Shooting Format: 35mm
  • Screening Format: 35mm

Sedmikrásky (Daisies)

  • Director: Věra Chytilová
  • Script: Věra Chytilová, Ester Krumbachová
  • Cinematographer: Jaroslav Kučera
  • Editor: Miroslave Hájek
  • Print Source: National Film Archive, Prague
  • Rights: National Film Archive, Prague
  • Year: 1966
  • Runtime: 74 minutes
  • Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Language: Czech
  • Subtitles: English
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: 35mm
  • Screening Format: 35mm