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Nocturnal Butterfly (1941)

Nocturnal Butterfly (1941)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 1941, October 10
Directors: František Čáp
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Lucernafilm, Lucernafilm
Cast: Rudolf Hrušínský, Gustav Nezval, Svatopluk Beneš, Marie Glázrová, Jaroslav Marvan, Elena Hálková, Eduard Kohout, Hana Vítová, Anna Gabrielová, Adina Mandlová, Čeněk Šlégl, František V. Kučera

Overview:

Marta Dekasová works as a governess in a garrison town. The beautiful girl is the center of attention of many men, but she only desires Lieutenant Varga, who is married and rejects her. Desperate, Marta throws herself into the arms of the most intrusive of her suitors, and is then dismissed in disgrace. She goes to Prague to live with her friend Kiki, becomes a bar singer, and continues her journey down the sloping surface. Hope for a new life dawns on her when a young student falls in love with her, but just then Varga appears in the bar and rekindles her unquenched feelings...

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