Vorstadtromanze

The plasterer Mirek Helebrandt and the post-office car driver Helena Dobiášová meet over a minor car crash. Mirek is after Helena a lot, however, the girl's behaviour is restrained. She hides from him that she is a single mother with a little son, who is sometimes cared for by her uncle. Also the young waitress Jana falls in love with Mirek. Helena is invited for lunch at Mirek's parents. Before that, Mirek visits her for the first time in her appartment. When Helena explains that the boy in the photograph is her son, Mirek is taken by surprise and rejects her explanation that she was too young when she delivered the child. In the evening, Mirek gets drunk at a dancing party. After all the guests leave, Jana reveals to him her feelings. In that instance the young man realizes that Helena used to be equally confused and as much in love as Jana today. He goes back to Helena who was even considering leaving her son at her uncle's for ever. The son, little Petřík, returns home. Seeing a strange man in the appartment, he turns away and runs off. Helena runs out to the street to catch him and Mirek joins her. (NFA)