Lovers in the Year One (1974)

Czechoslovakia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 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.

Cast (51)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Marta Vančurová

Helena Poláková

Viktor Preiss

Pavel Krouza

Libuše Švormová

Olga

Petr Svojtka

Evžen

Jana Švandová

Jana

Ota Sklenčka

Director

Bedřich Prokoš

Professor

Jiří Kodet

Assistant

Jan Teplý

Young Man

Naďa Konvalinková

Jarmila

Jitka Smutná

Zdena

Jitka Zelenohorská

Jitka

Zuzana Geislerová

Věra

A

Alena Kryštofková

Ivana

Michaela Mišková

Eva

P

Petr Pospíchal

Bob

Jiří Lábus

Honza

J

Jan Ekl

Kamil

R

Radoslav Dubanský

Čenda

J

Josef Střecha

Camera Operator

M

Marcela Martínková

Costumer

Ferdinand Krůta

Costumer

V

Vladimír Hrabánek

Lighting Technician

D

Dagmar Štursová

Script Girl

Karel Vejvoda

Conductor

R

Rudolf Jokl

Film Crew Member

B

Bohumil Vodička

Film Crew Member

V

Vlasta Matuchová

Film Crew Member

B

Bohuslav Ličman

V

Václav Mareš

K

Karel Višic

Oldřich Vlach

E

Eva Lorenzová

H

Hana Houbová

E

Eva Olmerová

V

Vladimír Bílek

R

Rudolf Kalina

J

Jana Posseltová

K

Karel Hovorka

M

Milan Charvát

Miloslav Homola

M

Miloslav Novák

J

Julius Neumann

Karel Smyczek

Miloš Vávra

Z

Zdeněk Vinš

L

Laco Déczi

Musician

Z

Zdeněk Kalhous

Musician

V

Viktor Klinger

Musician

P

Petr Král

Musician

V

Vladimír Žižka

Musician

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