Directed by:
Juraj HerzCinematography:
Jaroslav KučeraComposer:
Luboš FišerCast:
Iva Janžurová, Josef Abrhám, Nina Divíšková, Petr Čepek, Josef Somr, Jiří Kodet, Jiří Lír, Ivan Palúch, Zuzana Fišárková, Marie Drahokoupilová (more)Plots(1)
Based on a short story by Aleksandr Grin, (the 'Russian Poe'), Morgiana is the story of twin sisters, Klára and Viktoria who live a life of decadent opulence, somewhere in the late 19th century. Klára is charming, trusting and beautiful, whilst Viktoria is wicked, sadistic, bursting with hate and jealousy - and who hatches a terrible revenge by slowly poisoning her more popular sister. As the toxin takes hold, Klára begins to lose grip on her sanity. Part fairy tale, part Gothic horror, Morgiana is a full-blown hallucinatory experience from the director of the chilling The Cremator, Oil Lamps and Beauty and the Beast. With delirious visuals conjured by cinematographer Jaroslav Kučera and often described as ‘the last film of the Czechoslovak New Wave’, Juraj Herz's delirious tale of terror is a surreal phantasmagoria of dark desires and splintered minds. (Second Run)
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Iva Janžurová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Josef Abrhám
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)
Nina Divíšková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Příběhy obyčejného šílenství (2009) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Podivné odpoledne Dr. Zvonka Burkeho (1991) (theatrical recording)
Petr Čepek
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Josef Somr
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Jiří Kodet
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Higher Principle (1960)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Jiří Lír
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Ivan Palúch
Slovak state
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
The Ear (1970)
Signum Laudis (1980)
Zuzana Fišárková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Morgiana (1972)
Marie Drahokoupilová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Kam slunce nechodí... (1971) (TV movie)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
Jana Sedlmajerová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Riders in the Sky (1968)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Karel Augusta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Jana Posseltová
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Morgiana (1972)
The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night (1969)
Stanislava Hojsáková
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)
Drahomíra Fialková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
An Uncertain Season (1987)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV movie)
Morgiana (1972)
Jakub Šelbický
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)
Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Larks on a String (1969)
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
Luka Rubanovičová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)
The Princess with the Golden Star (1959)
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1971) (TV movie)
Bohumila Velková
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)