
Hope(Naděje,1963),ashockingandexceptionalfilmatthetime,startedaso-called"black"seriesoffilmswhichwereopenlycriticalofsociety.HopeisastoryoftwooutcastswhoofficiallydidnotexistunderSocialism--analcoholicandaprostitute.Prochazkaaddedalittlesparkoflightintotheirheartswhichsocietyalwaysquenched,andkindledwithsuchcareasany,eventhesmallest,hopedeserves.Atramp,Lucin--alivingchronicleofSocialistbuildingsitesandplants--isanunreliableoldlag.HiscounterpartisthehalftipsyMagdalena,whosehouseservesasarefugeforlonelypubdeserters.Theirlovestoryisasthinasacurlofsmokefromasmoulderingrag.LucinhumiliatesMagdalenabecauseothershumiliatehim.Willhecomebacktoher?Thefilmdoesnotgiveananswer.Perhapsonlybyitspromisingtitle.FortheleadingrolesKachynachoseagreatcharacteractor,RudolfHrušínský,andasingerHanaHegerová--averyunconventionalcombinationindeed.






