Labyrint srdce

Marie Vášová in another of her emblematic women/mother roles - an ideal representatives of State Film. Her acting has always remained the way it was shaped in The Strike. Of course, the film had to feature a poor attempt to create a Pudovkin admixture. A somewhat different case is Jana Brejchová, who at this time still stereotypically represented melancholic girls and was still waiting for a major breakthrough. Bohdalová and Smolík play interesting supporting roles in several shots, with their ordinary characters refreshing this drama's sterile color. The theme of this film is awful and unnecessarily realized on a wide screen. These hits of the early 1960s amount to one useless thing after another and are only worth knowing for the overall idea of the development of Czech cinema. (30.03.2011)