Martyrs of Love

Martyrs of Love

71 mins | Comedy, Romance | April 21, 1967

This three-part ballad, which often uses music to stand in for dialogue, remains the most perfect embodiment of Nemec’s vision of a film world independent of reality. Mounting a defense of timid, inhibited, clumsy, and unsuccessful individuals, the three protagonists are a complete antithesis of the industrious heroes of socialist aesthetics. Martyrs of Love cemented Nemec’s reputation as the kind of unrestrained nonconformist the Communist establishment considered the most dangerous to their ideology.

Martyrs of Love

71 mins | Comedy, Romance | April 21, 1967

Martyrs of Love
This three-part ballad, which often uses music to stand in for dialogue, remains the most perfect embodiment of Nemec’s vision of a film world independent of reality. Mounting a defense of timid, inhibited, clumsy, and unsuccessful individuals, the three protagonists are a complete antithesis of the industrious heroes of socialist aesthetics. Martyrs of Love cemented Nemec’s reputation as the kind of unrestrained nonconformist the Communist establishment considered the most dangerous to their ideology.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Mučedníci lásky
Directors Marie Kaplanová, Alena Mikeťuková, Jiří Mikeťuk, Jan Němec
Writers Bedřich Kubala, Jan Němec, Ester Krumbachová

Cast

Lindsay Anderson

as Man in traffic police booth (uncredited)