A Criterion Feast
November 21, 2012
Maybe the New Wave’s most anarchic entry, Věra Chytilová’s absurdist farce follows the misadventures of two brash young women. Believing the world to be “spoiled,” they embark on a series of pranks in which nothing—food, clothes, men, war—is taken seriously. Daisies is an aesthetically and politically adventurous film that’s widely considered one of the great works of feminist cinema.
| Marie I | Jitka Cerhová |
| Marie II | Ivana Karbanová |
| Elderly gentleman | Julius Albert |
| Young gentleman | Jan Klusák |
| Women in toilet | Marie Cešková |
| Jiřina Myšková |
| Director | Věra Chytilová |
| Assistant director | Rudolf Jaros |
| Story | Věra Chytilová and Pavel Jurácek |
| Screenplay | Ester Krumbachová and Věra Chytilová |
| With artistic collaboration from | Jaroslav Kucera and Ester Krumbachová |
| Cinematography | Jaroslav Kucera |
| Set design | Karel Lier |
| Sets | Frantisek Straka |
| Editor | Miroslav Hájek |
| Costume design | Ester Krumbachová |
| Music | Jiří Sust and Jiří Slitr |
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