»Lásky jedné plavovlásky« on Feb 4 within Czech Film Wednesday
26.01.2026
At Czech Film Wednesday on February 4, we will be showing "Lásky jedné plavovlásky" (The Love of a Blonde), the second film by the great Miloš Forman and a prime example of the Czechoslovakian New Wave, which established the fame of Czech cinema in the 1960s.
It depicts the life of young factory worker Andula (Hana Brejchová), who lives in a small town where there are 16 women for every man and there is nothing to do after work. The local factory director therefore convinces the army to open a site there. This only half works, as older reservists come instead of young conscripts.
The first half of the movie is dominated by a dance evening where the soldiers and the ladies from the town are supposed to get to know each other. Three men who are no longer young are after Andula and her friends and try to win them over with wine. But Andula ends up in the bed of the pianist Míla (Vladimír Pucholt) instead.
The inexperienced girl, who longs for love, easily believes in promises and flattery. That is why she soon travels to Prague to visit Míla, who still lives with his parents but is not there. The evening, which essentially forms the second half of the movie, turns out completely differently than she had expected. It becomes unpleasant...
Like Forman's other two Czech feature-length films, this one is also characterized by a special humour that always contains a tragic component. All three films share a certain potential for alienation in relation to the protagonists, who are in no way glorified. At the same time, Forman creates an unvarnished picture of the times. This film is undoubtedly one of the major works of the Czechoslovak New Wave and therefore naturally belongs in Czech Film Wednesday. As we already had the other two films in our program, this is unfortunately the last film by Miloš Forman for us.
We have again scheduled two screenings, but the one at 8 pm is already sold out. Tickets are still available for 6 pm.