Kerosene lamps

Kerosene lamps

(Petrolejové lampy)
Juraj Herz / CZ, 1971
Czech version, 101 min

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.

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