Oil Lamps (1971)
- Original title
- Petrolejové lampy
- Directed by
- Juraj Herz
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young woman in a small Czech town in the early 20th century struggles with her family's expectations and her own desires. She enters into a marriage that brings isolation and hardship.
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What happens
Oil Lamps (Czech: Petrolejové lampy) is a 1971 Czechoslovak drama film directed and co-written by Juraj Herz. It competed in the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on a novel by Jaroslav Havlíček. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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