Summary
Sixteen-year-old non-professional actress Jaroslava Schallerová bewitched viewers in the surreal fantasy horror Valerie a týden divů (Valery’s Week of Wonders, 1970). Although she never described acting as anything other than a hobby, she continued turning up on the silver screen. My ztracený holky (We, the Lost Girls, 1972) is a comedy written and directed by Antonín Kachlík, who drew inspiration from a work of fiction by Karel Štorkán (who also partook in writing the film screenplay). For Schallerová, it was another film relating the story of a girl with the look of vulnerability. The main character this time is shy student Žofie. She makes friends with the self-confident Dominika when they meet during a holiday job picking hops. Together they attend the first year at a medical school as well as dancing lessons. Dominika, however, begins to complicate Žofie’s relationships with two boys – Čenda, an assistant of the dancing teacher, and Jožka, an ambulance driver... Dominica is played by Irena Švárová, who never again acted in a feature film. Jaroslav Drbohlav and Vladislav Šmíd appear as Žofie’s suitors.
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