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Cas Sluhu (1990)
March 19， 1991
Review/Film Festival; A Jilted Czech in a Case of Overkill
By JANET MASLIN
Published: March 19， 1991
The stunning monster at the heart of "Time of the Servants，" a Czechoslovak film that can be seen tonight at 9 P.M. and tomorrow at 6 P.M. as part of the New Directors/New Films series， first appears as a plain， desperately unhappy young woman. Dana (Ivana Chylkova) has just been jilted. Her friends Milan (Karel Roden) and Lenka (Jitka Asterova)， a sweet and devoted couple， make the terrible mistake of offering their sympathy.

Dana accepts it -- and with a vengeance. What better way to upset Malek (Miroslav Etzler)， her former beau， than to show up with Milan on her arm? And why stop there? Would not Malek be devastated if he learned that Milan and Dana had married， and if someone sent him wedding photographs to prove it? Lenka and Milan aren’t mad about this idea， and at the very least they think Dana ought to find some other imposter to play her groom. But Dana is， as the film’s audience is beginning to learn， unnaturally persistent. "Who else can I trust but my friends?" she asks plaintively.

So a wedding is held， with Lenka waiting uneasily on the sidelines. Afterward， all is temporarily as it was before. But now Dana begins to think that Milan might be worth keeping. Soon she has lured him into bed， betrayed her best friend， and demanded to be brought to meet Milan’s mother， who instantly dislikes her. "Everyone needs love， not only those who beg for it，" the mother says.

"Time of the Servants，" written and directed by Irena Pavlaskova， takes off from this auspiciously evil beginning to tell the tale of Milan’s ruin and Dana’s bitter ascendancy. When next seen， Dana has abandoned her schoolgirl aprons for a look of chain-smoking sophistication， and has come to treat Milan -- now the father of her child -- with outright disdain. One day， a couple of her friends drop by just as Dana is preparing to subjugate her husband further by means of contemptuous sex. "I’ve just got to see to Milan，" she tells the women as she disappears into the bedroom. She emerges in her bathrobe not long afterward， saying dismissively， "Well， that’s that."

This grasping， magnetic， phenomenally poisonous character is intended as the centerpiece of a political parable. And indeed， if "Time of the Servants" were a film of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s， she would feel like one. As it is， Miss Pavlaskova’s allusions to the state of Czechoslovak society， to a collective weakness of will and to Dana as someone who might have been helped by feminism (she dropped out of medical school to destroy Milan full time) are too unfocused to be effective. The film works best as a character study fueled by dark sensuality， and as a chilling drama in the "Bad Seed" mold.

Miss Chylkova grows and changes persuasively throughtout this character’s scary evolution， and she holds the interest throughout. Tall and gaunt， she makes physical intimidation a large part of Dana’s power， but there is also an utter fierceness that informs her every move. This actress makes Dana’s cunning persuasive even when her exploits， like the marriage proposal， come close to defying belief. "She thinks you’re unattractive，" she says to a man she intends to seduce. "I think you’re just the opposite. So you cannot disappoint me." And he does not.

Mr. Roden is also good in the quieter role of a man who has been made to hate himself almost as much as Dana hates him， and whose last hopes for happiness have apparently been demolished. Also notable is Ms. Asterova， a gentle actress who makes Lenka comprehensible when she could easily have been nothing more than a well-meaning fool. Time of the Servants Directed and written by Irene Pavlaskova; in Czech with English subtitles; photography by S. A. Brabec; music by Jiri Vesely and Jiri Chlumecky; production company， Barrandov Film Studios. At the Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1， 11 West 53d Street， as part of the New Directors/New Films series of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Department of Film of the Museum of Modern Art. Running time: 115 minutes. This film has no rating. Dana . . . Ivana Chylkova Milan . . . Karel Roden Lenka . . . Jitka Asterova Marek . . . Miroslav Etzler Lubos . . . Libor Zidek Bohunka . . . Eva Holubova Hanka . . . Vilma Cibulkova

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