Love (1973): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1973, Love is a drama and romance film directed by Karel Kachyňa, running about 88 minutes. “Drama, Romance, Poetic” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Sixteen-year-old students of a grammar school are supposed to write essays on "Love". The class best student Andrea (Jaroslava Schallerová) writes about a patriotic love to a country as she has no experience with a partner love. She has been living alone with her divorced pretty mother Eva (Milena Dvorská), a dentist, for many years. Recently, however, Eva met her former school-days love at a graduates' party, nowadays a famous hockey goalkeeper Brukner (Frantisek Velecký). Also his marriage fell apart; he leaves the national team and decides to leave Prague for his home town and to share flat with Eva. He takes with him his son Petr (Oldrich Kaiser), in Andrea's age, who gets his last chance to finish a grammar school in the town.

Who’s in it. Love stars Jaroslava Schallerová as Andrea Vasáková, Oldřich Kaiser as Petr, Milena Dvorská as Eva and František Velecký as Petr Brukner, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.1/10, Love has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Love page.

If you liked it. Fans of Love tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.