Jealous of her vapidly "good" sister's popularity, poisonous Viktoria doses pretty Klara's tea with a slow-acting fatal substance. As the latter grows hysterically weak, the former finds success increasingly compromised by guilt, blackmail, and the pesky need to kill others lest she be exposed.
Acting
Iva Janžurová's dual performance is genuinely unhinged.
Cinematography
Saturated nightmare colors that make poison look delicious.
Direction
Herz's operatic cruelty never lets you look away.
Director
Juraj Herz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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