British label Second Run has announced that it is preparing a Blu-ray release of director Stefan Uher's film
The Miraculous Virgin (1967), starring Jolanta Umecka, Ladislav Mrkvicka, Otakar Janda, Rudolf Thrún, Karol Bela, and Stefan Bobota. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this summer.
Studio description: Presented from a brand new restoration, the legendary
The Miraculous Virgin is one of Slovak's cinema's most admired and controversial works.
Adapted by
The Sun in a Net director Štefan Uher from the renowned 1944 novella by Dominik Tatarka, the film is an exquisite, surreal odyssey through the Slovak art scene of the 1960s. The mysterious Anabella (Knife in the Water's Jolanta Umecka) casts a spell over a group of young artists to become their muse, awakening desires and providing inspiration. Few works have embraced or expressed the notion of artistic fervour as wholeheartedly as
The Miraculous Virgin.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Marked by Darkness (1959) - short film by director Uher
- An all new documentary about the film and its legacy produced by the Slovak Film Institute
- Looking for Anabella - a short archival documentary on the filmmaker's search for the titular lead
- Plus a booklet with a new essay on the film by Michal Michalovič
- REGION-FREE