Lovers in the Year One

Lovers in the Year One

95 mins | Drama, Romance | March 15, 1974

It is the summer of 1945. A party of young people are enjoying the beginning of a new life to the full. For them this is the year one. One of them, law student Pavel, is more attracted to film than to law. With his eight-millimeter camera, he films everything that catches his attention. One day he captures an interesting face on film, a girl with an air of mystery. Pavel visits the girl, whose name is Helena, and meets hers and her elder energetic sister Olga. From Olga, he learns that the girls have spent the years of German occupation in a concentration camp and cannot forget the horrors they have lived through.

Lovers in the Year One

95 mins | Drama, Romance | March 15, 1974

Lovers in the Year One
It is the summer of 1945. A party of young people are enjoying the beginning of a new life to the full. For them this is the year one. One of them, law student Pavel, is more attracted to film than to law. With his eight-millimeter camera, he films everything that catches his attention. One day he captures an interesting face on film, a girl with an air of mystery. Pavel visits the girl, whose name is Helena, and meets hers and her elder energetic sister Olga. From Olga, he learns that the girls have spent the years of German occupation in a concentration camp and cannot forget the horrors they have lived through.
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Milenci v roce jedna
Directors Jiří Kratochvíl, Jaroslav Balík, Elmar Kloss
Writers Zdeněk Borovec, Jan Otčenášek, Jaroslav Balík, Ota Hofman

Cast

Marta Vančurová

as Helena Poláková

Viktor Preiss

as Pavel Krouza

Petr Svojtka

as Evžen

Jana Švandová

as Jana

Ota Sklenčka

as Director

Bedřich Prokoš

as Professor

Jiří Kodet

as Assistant

Jan Teplý

as Young Man

Naďa Konvalinková

as Jarmila

Jitka Smutná

as Zdena

Jiří Lábus

as Honza

Jan Ekl

as Kamil

Radoslav Dubansky

as Čenda

Josef Střecha

as Camera Operator

Marcela Martínková

as Costumer

Ferdinand Krůta

as Costumer

Vladimír Hrabánek

as Lighting Technician

Dagmar Štursová

as Script Girl

Karel Vejvoda

as Conductor

Rudolf Jokl

as Film Crew Member

Bohumil Vodička

as Film Crew Member

Vlasta Matuchová

as Film Crew Member

Laco Déczi

as Musician

Zdeněk Kalhous

as Musician

Viktor Klinger

as Musician

Petr Král

as Musician

Vladimír Žižka

as Musician