Summary
Based on the eponymous novel by Marie Pujmanová, director Miroslav Hubáček shot the feature film Známost sestry Aleny (Nurse Alena’s Love Affair, 1973) about the title character’s love affair with a racing car driver. Karel Mareš, has been through a serious kidney operation and should not be allowed to drive, but he insists on getting behind the wheel to compete in a national rally. The dramatic course of the race vindicates the opinion of Dr. Srdínek, his personal physician. But even when Karel’s dreams of a racing career are lost in the ensuing smash-up, his loving Helena supports him… Screenwriters Vladimír Bor and Václav Šašek changed the profession of Pujmanová’s main character, who was originally a journalist, to allow for more visually dramatic moments in the film. The leading roles in this nearly forgotten feature are played by popular Slovak actors Emília Vášáryová and Štefan Kvietik, who are overdubbed into Czech by Miluše Švormová and Jan Tříska.
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