Film
Morgiana
- Director
- Juraj Herz
- Certificate
- 15
- Running Time
- 97 mins
Czech actress Iva Janžurová takes both lead roles as twin sisters Klára and Viktoria in this 1972 gothic horror/fantasy fairytale based on a short story by Aleksandr Grin (the ‘Russian Poe’, if you will) and set in the late 19th century. Klára is the beautiful one, while Viktoria is hideous and filled with hate. Eventually, the latter’s jealousy leads her to poison her sibling.
To add to the fun, much of the Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?-style romping is viewed through the eyes of Viktoria’s only chum – her cat, Morgiana.
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