Oil Lamps

(1971)

★ 6 IMDb · 12 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1971

Runtime: 101 мин

Country: Czechoslovakia

Director: Juraj Herz

Cast: Iva Janžurová, Petr Čepek, Мария Росулкова, Ota Sklenčka, Vladimír Jedenáctík, Karel Chromík, Jana Plichtová, Karel Černoch, Josef Laufer, Stanislav Remunda

Plot

In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an Austrian army officer. Paul refuses to work or to consummate the marriage, and then his health steadily declines.