Lásky jedné plavovlásky (1965)

Director:

Milos Forman

Writers:

Milos Forman (screenplay)
Milos Forman (story)
(more)

Release Date:

26 October 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

Plot:

A factory manager in rural Czechoslovakia bargains with the army to send men to the area, to boost the morale of his young female workers...

Plot Keywords:

Czechoslovakia | Female Stockinged Feet | Tights | Woman Takes Off Shoes | Piano Player

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Hana Brejchová	...	Andula
Vladimír Pucholt	...	Milda
Vladimír Mensík	...	Vacovský
Ivan Kheil	...	Manas
Jirí Hrubý	...	Burda
Milada Jezková	...	Milda's Mother
Josef Sebánek	...	Milda's Father
Josef Kolb	...	Pokorný
Marie Salacová	...	Marie
Jana Novaková	...	Jana (as Jana Nováková)
Jarka Crkalová	...	Jaruska
Tána Zelinková	...	Girl
Zdena Lorencová	...	Zdena
Jan Vostrcil	...	Colonel
Antonín Blazejovský	...	Tonda
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
M. Zednicková	...	Teacher (uncredited)

Directed by
Milos Forman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Milos Forman		screenplay
Milos Forman		story
Jaroslav Papousek		screenplay
Jaroslav Papousek		story
Ivan Passer		screenplay
Ivan Passer		story
Václav Sasek		screenplay

Produced by
Doro Vlado Hreljanovic	....	producer (as Vlado Hreljanovic)
Rudolf Hájek	....	producer

Original Music by
Evzen Illín

Cinematography by
Miroslav Ondrícek

Film Editing by
Miroslav Hájek

Production Design by
Karel Cerný

Set Decoration by
Vladimir Macha		(as Vladimír Mácha)

Costume Design by
Zdena Snajdarová

Makeup Department
Rudolf Hammer	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jaroslav Solnicka	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ivan Passer	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Adolf Böhm	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Ladislav Chroust	....	second assistant camera
Jaromír Komárek	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Music Department
Karel Vlach	....	conductor (as Karel Vlacha)

Other crew
Vladimír Bor	....	production team
Jirí Sebor	....	production team

Production Companies

• CBK
• Filmové studio Barrandov
• Sebor

Distributors

• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Prominent Films (1966) (USA) (subtitled)
• Second Run (2011) (UK) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"A Blonde in Love" - UK (imdb display title)
"Loves of a Blonde" - USA (imdb display title)
"The Loves of a Blonde" - USA
"Los amores de una rubia" - Argentina, Spain
"Blondiini armastus" - Estonia
"Blondinens kærlighed" - Denmark (imdb display title)
"De liefde van een blondje" - Belgium (Flemish title) (imdb display title)
"Die Liebe einer Blondine" - West Germany
"Egy szöszi szerelme" - Hungary
"En blondins kärleksaffär" - Sweden
"En blondins kärleksaffärer" - Sweden
"Gli amori di una bionda" - Italy
"Les amours d'une blonde" - France
"Milosc blondynki" - Poland
"Oi erotes mias xantheias" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"Os Amores de Uma Loira" - Portugal
"Vaaleaverikön rakkaus" - Finland

Runtime:

Argentina:90 min | Germany:83 min | USA:88 min | UK:82 min

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Language:

Czech

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:18 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Singapore:PG

Company:

CBK

Quotes:

[repeated lines]
Milda:I don't have a girl in Prague. I don't have a girl in Prague.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Sodankylä ikuisesti: Elokuvan vuosisata (#1.1)" (2010)

Loves Of A Blond: Lovely and funny in a melancholy way....

This is precisely the atmosphere of a provincial Eastern European town on a Saturday night with an amateur jazz band playing, a trio of goofy military reservists having a night out and hoping to score with a local factory girl or two. Real life takes precedent over ideology: this indeed is 1965, it could have been Poland, Hungary even Yugoslavia (here it's the Checho-Slovakia: great beer, ice hockey and hearty dosage of sexuality) The brief plot summary: a filandering young jazz player struggles to and finally seduces a simple factory girl for a one night stand; some time later, she comes to the capital of Prague in search of her lover but finds his bewildered parents. His mom rather rude, his dad confused and somewhat bashful...still they let her crash in (a small town girl in a big town like that!) until the beloved brat returns home from another of his nightly gigs...A funny film in that central European melancholy way, but warm and gut pinching for all those's who grew up in these times and longitudes. Bravo, Milos! Also one of Foreman's early, Bohemian films (I"ve seen three, perhaps there are more) : LOVES OF A BLONDE = Czech to boot &probably his finest --- THE FIREMEN'S BALL is also available on VHS and worth seeing as a complement of sorts: it has a darker, more tragic undertow. Milos Foreman is one of those film-makers who apparently do best while young and the rest of their careers often show for a fairly steady downhill ride. He's got these wonderful "home made" films, then comes to Hollywood: makes a stunning debut with One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest, there's some flashes of brilliance later on but all in all it all eventually goes to the dogs. This is my theory: I can think of quite a good number of film directors who fit the patter and corroborate with reality: it's true! Ah, well, but this is another story....Bye for now and happy viewing!