What Is the Colour of Love?
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1973Production year
1973Premiere
4 January 1974Runtime
88 minDirector
Zbyněk BrynychCategory
filmGenre
love storyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Jakou barvu má láskaCzech title
Jakou barvu má láskaEnglish title
What Is the Colour of Love?Summary
Director Zbyněk Brynych has to his credit several love stories associated with the atmosphere of the given times. Žižkovská romance (A Local Romance, 1958) was delivered with a civilism that was unusual for the end of the fifties, while Transport z ráje (A Convoy Leaving Paradise, 1962) explored the then highly taboo subject of the holocaust (benefiting from a relaxation of censorship). In contrast, this 1973 love story is deliberately attuned to the approved trends of the era's “normalisation”. The story's heroes are young TV reporter Cyril and chemical engineer Milena, who experience “exemplary” love within a manufacturing environment. There are no obstacles in their way. Even Milena’s relatively unsubstantial problems at work are in the end satisfactorily resolved. The main roles are taken by Vaclav Postránecký and Jaroslava Obermaierová, famous for the daring love scenes in Brynych’s film Souhvězdí Panny (Constellation of the Virgo, 1965).
Synopsis
Cyril Dadák, a TV reporter falls in love at first sight with a young engineer Milena while he makes a reportage in a chemical factory. Milena has been dating for several years with a test driver Pavel, however when she meets Cyril she feels that he might be the Mr Right. She accepts Cyril's invitation for a date and she spends a night with him. In the morning she finds in her flat Pavel. She wants to explain to him everything but Pavel makes coffee with a smile and gives her back the keys from the flat. Milena takes her relationship with Cyril seriously. She spends all her spare time with him. Her work in the research of a new plastic and in the social commission of the municipality legs behind. On a holiday at the sea side she tells him that she is pregnant. Cyril is happy. After they come back home they visit Milena's parents and then they have a wedding. Milena's problems at work and also in the children's home which she takes care about in her function get solved. She gets labour pangs at work and soon she gives birth to her and Cyril's daughter. Pavel is happy as well, he found a new girl-friend - a nurse Milena.
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Cast
Václav Postránecký
televizní reportér Cyril Dadák
Rudolf Jelínek
zkušební řidič Pavel Pospíšil
Jaroslava Obermaierová
inženýrka Milena Šulcová, vývojová pracovnice
Jiřina Švorcová
Karla, Milenina kolegyně a kamarádka
Jana Dítětová
Šulcová, Milenina matka
Jaroslav Rozsíval
Šulc, Milenin otec
Josef Větrovec
lékař na jednotce intenzivní péče
Ilja Prachař
Hlavsa, Milenin nadřízený
Jan Libíček
řidič Klásek
Otakar Brousek
Morávek, Milenin kolega
Karolina Slunéčková
barmanka Hedvika
Viktor Maurer
Otík Ryšánek, Milenin kolega
Kateřina Macháčková
zdravotní sestra Milena Grosová
Vladimír Krška
inženýr Havránek
Josef Dvořák
otec Kovář
Radúz Chmelík
obrýlený muž v laboratoři
Hanuš Bor
Voice by Petr Skarke
předseda SSM
Josef Burda
Voice by Josef Vinklář
důchodce Mácha
Jan Pohan
praporčík VB
Stanislav Šupka
podpraporčík VB
Ludmila Roubíková
vrátná v porodnici
Božena Böhmová
ředitelka dětského domova
Josefa Pechlátová
Voice by Eva Svobodová
stařičká teta
Vladimír Čermák
řečník
Zora Jiráková
úřednice na VB
Oleg Reif
televizní režisér
Alena Motyčková
Voralová
Jan Kuželka
střihač v televizi
Eva Vlachová
zdravotní sestra
Radim Vašinka
vypravěč
Michaela Mišková
sekretářka Věra
Milan Klacek
uvaděč
René Gabzdyl
Voice by Petr Skarke
televizní hlasatel
Karel Fiala
pracovník laboratoře
Erich Fichtner
pracovník laboratoře
Jindřich Heidelberg
pracovník laboratoře
Anita Jassiková
pracovníce laboratoře
František Skalský
pracovník laboratoře
Dagmar Zusková
pracovnice laboratoře
Věra Štěpánková
televizní střihačka
Vojtěch Španihel
člen závodní stráže
Antonín Sedlák
Pavlík
Helena Klusáková
zdravotní sestra v nemocnici
Jarmila Horská
vysoká žena
Vladimír Zoubek
muž s cigaretou
Pavel Burian
televizní režisér
Zdeňka Vanišová
správcová
Miloslav Svoboda
hradlař
Růžena Smolíková
otylá žena
Petr Prokop
televizní kameraman
Eduard Peroutka
dědeček v nemocnici
Zdena Pavlátová
žena ve skleníku
Božena Králová
číšnice v podniku
Alena Janošková
mladá recepční
Jiří Flíček
muž v montérkách
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Zdena Pavlátová
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Jan Hodný, Jaroslav Chytrý, Karel Kočí
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Vlasta Synkulová, Jaroslav Vágner
Cooperation
Alexandra Tachezyová (klapka), Miloslav Mirvald (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Production info
Original Title
Jakou barvu má láska
Czech Title
Jakou barvu má láska
English Title
What Is the Colour of Love?
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
love story
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1973
Production Year
1973
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 30 October 1972
start of filming 2 January 1973
technical Screenplay approved 24 January 1973
end of filming 10 August 1973
projection approval 22 August 1973
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1986
Premiere
gala premiere 3 January 1974 (Kulturní dům, Neratovice)
premiere 4 January 1974 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 31 January 1974 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Lucerna, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Vladimíra Kaliny, Vladimír Kalina (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
88 min
Original length in metres
2 450 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
