[1] Vladimír Pucholt was born in Prague in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (present-day Czech Republic).
His next roles as Filip in Rychman's Starci na chmelu and as Milda in Forman's Loves of a Blonde, with quite a some success abroad, together with Hana Brejchová as Andula,[3] turned him, and her, to one of the most famous young actors in Czechoslovakia.
[1][2] After graduating DAMU in 1965, he joined the newly founded The Drama Club / Činoherní klub in Prague.
Jan Kačer, who searched for suitable members for the ensemble, said of the selection of actors: "I wanted them to be people who hated totalitarianism, while full with imagination, creativity, and freedom.
[4] He was admitted to study at the University of Sheffield, Medical School thanks to a recommendation letter by the film director Lindsay Anderson.