---
title: 'Oil Lamps (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Juraj Herz'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/oil-lamps-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067572/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Oil Lamps (1971)

1971 · 101 min · Drama · Czechoslovakia


## Synopsis

Oil Lamps is a 1971 Czechoslovak drama film directed and co-written by Juraj Herz. It competed in the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on a novel by Jaroslav Havlíček.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Juraj Herz](https://cinepixo.com/people/juraj-herz)
- **Screenplay:** [Juraj Herz](https://cinepixo.com/people/juraj-herz), [Václav Šašek](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-sasek), [Meir Dohnal](https://cinepixo.com/people/meir-dohnal)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Luboš Fišer](https://cinepixo.com/people/lubos-fiser)
- **Producer:** [Karel Kochman](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-kochman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jozef Šimončič](https://cinepixo.com/people/jozef-simoncic)
- **Editor:** [Jaromír Janáček](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromir-janacek)

## Cast

- [Karel Černoch](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-cernoch-2)
- [Václav Vodák](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-vodak)
- [Miloslav Šindler](https://cinepixo.com/people/miloslav-sindler)
- [Josef Skrčený](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-skrceny)
- [Jaroslav Satoranský](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-satoransky)
- [Milena Kaplická](https://cinepixo.com/people/milena-kaplicka)
- [Josef Laufer](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-laufer)
- [Ilona Jirotková](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilona-jirotkova)
- [Vladimír Jedenáctík](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-jedenactik)
- [Iva Janžurová](https://cinepixo.com/people/iva-janzurova)
- [Josef Červinka](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-cervinka)
- [Gabriela Ryzcová st.](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriela-ryzcova-st)
- [Václav Štekl](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-stekl)
- [Ladislav Kouklík](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislav-kouklik)
- [Marie Rosůlková](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-rosulkova)

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