Index: forms.py
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--- forms.py	(revision 5481)
+++ forms.py	(working copy)
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
 from django.utils.html import escape
-from django.utils.encoding import StrAndUnicode
+from django.utils.encoding import StrAndUnicode, smart_unicode
 
 from fields import Field
 from widgets import TextInput, Textarea
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
                     help_text = help_text_html % field.help_text
                 else:
                     help_text = u''
-                output.append(normal_row % {'errors': bf_errors, 'label': label, 'field': unicode(bf), 'help_text': help_text})
+                output.append(normal_row % {'errors': bf_errors, 'label': smart_unicode(label), 'field': unicode(bf), 'help_text': help_text})
         if top_errors:
             output.insert(0, error_row % top_errors)
         if hidden_fields: # Insert any hidden fields in the last row.