SYNOPSIS: With sixteen women to each man, the odds are against Andula in her desperate search for love—that is, until a rakish piano player visits her small factory town and temporarily eases her longings. A tender and humorous look at Andula’s journey, from the first pangs of romance to its inevitable disappointments, Loves of a Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky) immediately became a classic of the Czech New Wave and earned Milos Forman the first of his Academy Award nominations.
| Andula | Hanu Brejchovou |
| Milda | Vladimíra Pucholta |
| Vacovsky | Vladimír Mensik |
| Manas | Ivan Kheil |
| Burda | Jirí Hruby |
| Milda's mother | Milada Jezková |
| Milda's father | Josef Sebánek |
| Prkorny | Josef Kolb |
| Marie | Marie Salacová |
| Jana | Jana Nováková |
| Director | Milos Forman |
| Screenplay | Milos Forman, Jaroslav Papousek, Ivan Passer and Vaclav Sasek |
| Producer | Rudolf Hájek and Doro Vlado Hreljanovic |
| Cinematography | Miroslav Ondrícek |
| Editing | Miroslav Hajek |
| Music | Evzen Illin |
| Costumes | Zdena Snajdarová |
| Assistant director | Ivan Passer |
| Sound | Adolf Böhm |
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