Summary
The 1969 tragicomedy Panenství a kriminál (Virginity and Prison) is popular actor and successful theatre director Václav Lohniský’s only feature film. Lohniský cast his acting colleague Vladimír Menšík in the leading role of the motion picture, based on a theme and screenplay presented by Rudolf Ráž. Menšík played the upright small-town pharmacist Souška, accused of raping his 16-year-old niece, Lidunka, with some gusto. Despite the assumptions of people in the town, it turns out that the comely Lidunka (Lucie Žulová) is no angel. She seduces the apprentice František (Jiří Vondráček) with whom she’s been flirting for some time, and she won’t make a move to rebut the accusations being made against Souška… Despite its “tangy” motif, this frolicsome comedy with a cynical twist offers quality genre entertainment supported by an excellent cast.
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