Capricious Summer
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| Directed by | Jiří Menzel |
| Screenplay by | Vladimír Kalina Jan Libora Jiří Menzel Václav Nývlt |
| Based on | Rozmarné léto by Vladislav Vančura |
| Produced by | Zdeněk Oves |
| Starring | Rudolf Hrušínský |
| Cinematography | Jaromír Sofr |
| Edited by | Jiřina Lukešová |
| Music by | Jirí Sust |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
Capricious Summer (Czech: Rozmarné léto) is a 1968 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel. It is based on the novel Rozmarné léto (Summer of Caprice) by the Czech writer Vladislav Vančura. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,[1] but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
The film depicts a humorous story of three men, a major (an artillery officer), a priest and a bath-keeper, during rainy summer days.
Cast
- Rudolf Hrušínský as Antonín Dura
- Vlastimil Brodský as Major Hugo
- František Řehák as priest / abbé / canon Roch
- Míla Myslíková as Kateřina Durová
- Jana Preissová (then Jana Drchalová) as Anna
- Jiří Menzel as Arnoštek (tightrope walker)
- Bohuš Záhorský as old man
- Vlasta Jelínková as housemaid (as V. Jelínková)
- Alois Vachek as man in a pub (as A. Vachek)
- Bohumil Koska as man in a pub (as B. Koska)
- Karel Hovorka as man in a pub (as K. Hovorka)
- Antonín Pražák as policeman (as A. Prazak)
- Pavel Bosek as Mayor (as P. Bosek)
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Capricious Summer". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
External links
- Capricious Summer at IMDb
- Koresky, Michael. "Criterion Collection Essay". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
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