Love at Second Sight
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1981Production year
1981Premiere
6 August 1982Runtime
98 minDirector
Ladislav RychmanCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Láska na druhý pohledCzech title
Láska na druhý pohledEnglish title
Love at Second SightSummary
Venca is a bricklayer, yet he introduces himself as an undergraduate to Pavla, a pretty student at the construction faculty. The minor deception is discovered – but that doesn’t stop the young people from growing close. For the girl’s parents, however, Venca’s social status is, at first, unacceptable. Meanwhile, it becomes clear that the young man's parents, conventional types devoted to building the family villa, also don’t accept the young love... The director of this 1981 satire on the contemporary petit bourgeois, adorned with songs by Jiří Bažant and Jiří Malásek, is Ladislav Rychman. However, Láska na druhý pohled (Love at Second Sight) rather trails the testimony to a generation offered by his Starci na chmelu (Hop-Pickers, 1965). Ilona Svobodová and Jan Čenský debuted in the main roles, but the experienced director entrusted the parts of the parents to tried and tested acting old hands – Míla Myslíková, Josef Větrovec, Rudolf Jelínek and Marie Málková.
Synopsis
Pavla Pokorná is a student of the building construction faculty. - The bricklayer Venca Bidlas works at the construction site of a large house settlement. He is not looking forward to get home because he has to help his parents build a large family villa. One evening he and his friends try to get in vain in a university club. Venca plucks up courage and he addresses Pavla. He tells her he is a medical student Even. He falls in love with her and she likes the handsome young man as well. Venca wants to tell Pavla the truth, but before he decides to do it, the girl finds the truth herself during a practical training at the building construction. First she gets offended, but as she loves Venca, she makes it up with him again. But she wants that he plays a medical student in front of her parents. Venca does not like this pretending and he better tells the truth. Her parents, The Pokornýs throw him out. They do mind that he is only a bricklayer. Also his parents are fogies and they do not allow to Pavla to stay overnight when she comes to visit their son. Pavel wants to sleep in the park in a tent, but Pavla runs away to her uncle, who offers them a flatlet. Venca's parents set out to Pavla's parents, to stop their son's relationship. They all quarrel together, but in the end they reconcile. The Bidlases have a villa, but they don't have money to complete it. The Pokornýs have savings. The villa will be completed, the young couple will get married and everybody will move in. But the young couple does not want to live with their parents and they better move to the flat where the Pokornýs used to live before.
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Cast
Ilona Svobodová
studentka Pavla Pokorná
Jan Čenský
zedník Venca Bidlas
Miroslav Vladyka
Ludvík Richter, Pavlin kolega
Josef Větrovec
Bidlas, Vencův otec
Míla Myslíková
Bidlasová, Vencova matka
Rudolf Jelínek
Karel Pokorný, Pavlin otec
Marie Málková
Pokorná, Pavlina matka
Zuzana Schulzová
Eva, Ludvíkova dívka
Václav Beránek
strýc Evžen Dvořáček
Václav Štekl
profesor lékařské fakulty
Ladislav Potměšil
asistent lékařské fakulty
Zuzana Burianová
blondýnka se skříní
Karel Chromík
asistent na ČVUT
Božena Lišková
zpěvačka
Roman Skamene
zedník Lojza
Vlastimil Zavřel
zedník Čenda
Jan Kraus
zedník Emil
Jaroslav Heyduk
Piťha
Věra Kramešová
Piťhova žena
Bořík Procházka
stavbyvedoucí
Ferdinand Havlík
otec Richter
Jana Vaňková
matka Richterová
Hana Brejchová
úřednice na stavbě
Ladislav Trojan
zednický mistr
Pavel Myslík
Petr
Vítězslav Bouchner
Blažek
Jan Cmíral
profesor vysoké školy stavební
Marie-Luisa Váchová
servírka
Miro Grisa
student A
Hana Štolcpartová
studentka B
Gustav Bubník
student C
Roman Janoušek
student-předzpěvák
Magdalena Císlerová
studentka
Jan Cmíral ml.
student
Hana Čížková (2)
studentka
Michal Dymek
mladík u parku
Ivo Helikar
student
Jiří Konečný (2)
student
Jiří Kopta
student
Jiřina Kotoučová
studentka
Pavel Linhart
student
Jiří Máša
student
Zdeněk Podhůrský
student
Ota Sládek
student
Jolana Zelinková
studentka
Miloslav Šindler
mistr Bednář
Blažena Vrzalová
Blažková
Luboš Ocásek
Jarda
Karel Bělohradský
řidič nákladního auta
Jarmila Horská
brigádnice
Karel Hovorka ml.
podpraporčík VB
Vladimír Just
vousáč
Jiří Kraus
motocyklista
Richard Maška
pořadatel
Květuše Zemanová
prodavačka
Jaroslava Janovová
žena
Jiří Augusta
hudebník
Ctibor Ješina
hudebník
Ivan Krušina
hudebník
Jan Machat
hudebník
Petr Malásek
hudebník
Richard Srbený
hudebník
Jakub Zahradník
hudebník
Martin Zahálka
student
Michal Dlouhý
malý Piťha
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Zdeněk Jeřábek, Rudolf Kinský, Radim Valak
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Petr Čapek, Ulrich Jiří ml.
Unit Production Manager
Irena Koucká, Jana Příkaská
Cooperation
Zuzana Plecerová (klapka), Miloš Schmiedberger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Studiová skupina Pavla Větrovce (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Songs
Láska na druhý pohled
Song Composer Jiří MalásekJiří Bažant
Writer of Lyrics Michal Bukovič
Singer Božena Lišková
Počítej, žáku, počítej
Song Composer Jiří MalásekJiří Bažant
Writer of Lyrics Jiří JustLadislav Rychman
Singer Posluchači herectví Pražské konzervatoře
Production info
Original Title
Láska na druhý pohled
Czech Title
Láska na druhý pohled
English Title
Love at Second Sight
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1981
Production Year
1981
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 8 January 1979
start of filming 5 February 1981
technical Screenplay approved 18 March 1981
end of filming 15 October 1981
projection approval 12 November 1981
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1987
Premiere
premiere 6 August 1982 /suitable for youths/
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
98 min
Original length in metres
2 459 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
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 33. filmový festival pracujících – léto ´82
1982
63 měst / Czechoslovakia
Vítěz
Festival: 33. filmový festival pracujících – léto ´82
1982
63 měst / Czechoslovakia
Ilona Svobodová
