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 HavlÃÂÃÂek.
In a small Czech town named Jilemnice lives a brave and jovial woman à  tÃÂpa Kiliánová, who enjoys her independent life but also desires to marry and have a family. The latter proves difficult as most potential suitors do not find her to be matching ideals of a 1900s wife. Out of excessive trust and desire to marry, she marries her cousin, a sardonic, reclusive man, former lieutenant and gambler Pavel Malina, whose only wish is to find peace and forget the past. Meanwhile the groom's father and older brother are interested in à  tÃÂpa's inheritance to save their farm from ruin. The couple live through unrequited love, dislike and disappointment on à  tÃÂpa's side, since her husband does not consummate the marriage because of his impotence, due to the syphilis he caught during his excessive life-style time in the army.