Monday Morning Maybe

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Virginity

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1937 | 83 min | Drama

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who loves a strong drama.
The mood
Thoughtful and character-driven.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 23 min.
What might put you off
  • It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Made in 1937: an older pace and style.

The doomed love of a city girl caught in the vise of poverty is detailed in Vavra’s fluid, romantic work, one of the most elegant creations of the Czech Modernist era... The film lingers over its characters’ habitats and haunts, finding psychological truths in what each owns or desires, and countering every Hollywood-ready scene of gleaming restaurants and dazzling penthouses with realist moments of employment lines and crammed flats. Vavra’s classical camerawork and aura of romantic defeatism give Virginity a force comparable to the master of this genre, Hollywood’s Frank Borzage. (BAM/PFA)

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 921 people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Otakar Vávra

  • Lída BaarováHana Poláčková
  • Jaroslava SkorkovskáHanina matka
  • František KreuzmannHanin otčím
  • Ladislav BoháčPavel Jimeš
  • Zdeněk ŠtěpánekJosef Nevostrý
  • Adina MandlováLili
  • Božena ŠustrováMary
  • Jaroslav PrůchaRudolf Res
  • Vítězslav BočekHejtmánek
  • Bedřich VeverkaMUDr. Mikula