Summary
Nahota (The Nude) is director Václav Matějka’s first feature film. Unfortunately, the 1970 psychological drama was banned from release because its main star, Slovak Kristina Hanzalová, emigrated to western Europe shortly after the movie was finished. The 1969 Miss Czechoslovakia finished seventh in the 1970 Miss World beauty pageant, and went on to become a model. This drama, which was only released in theatres as late as 1990, after the revolution, was the only film the talented beauty made. She stars as a traumatised country teacher. With some bravura, 30-year-old Petr Čepek plays a young prisoner who is granted a few days’ leave after an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
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