After realizing that all world is spoiled, Marie and Marie are committed to be spoiled themselves. They rip off older men, feast in lavish meals and do all kinds of mischief. But what is all this leading to?

After realizing that all world is spoiled, blond Marie and brunette Marie are committed to be spoiled themselves. Their life motto is: Nothing is bad as long as you are having fun. They rip off older men, feast in lavish meals and do all kinds of mischief. But what is all this leading to?—Martin Brachvogel

Marie 1 and Marie 2 don't give a hoot about traditional morals and social norms and seduce the men who are attracted to their carefree exuberance - mostly older men - with ease. They prey on their suitors' purses and simply try to enjoy any fun that comes their way. Their escapades are a game played by the two boastful Maries as they plunge blindly from one adventure to the next. But their "depraved" nature - as highlighted at the end by a moral underlined by Vera Chytilova - is just an innocent rebellion against the backdrop of a troubled modern world. The protagonists of "Sedmikrásky" - embodied by the amateur actresses Jitka Cerhova and Ivana Karbanova - serve primarily as a demonstration of female liberation in the sense of the feminist currents of the time. The two Maries stand - albeit in an extreme form - for women struggling to survive in a man's world.

Two teenage girls, both named Marie, decide that since the world is spoiled they will be spoiled as well; accordingly they embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world about them. This freewheeling, madcap feminist farce was immediately banned by the government.—Fiona Kelleghan <[email protected]>