Capricious Summer

Capricious Summer
DVD cover
Directed by Jiří Menzel
Produced by Zdeněk Oves
Written by Vladimír Kalina
Jan Libora
Jiří Menzel
Václav Nývlt
Starring Rudolf Hrušínský
Cinematography Jaromír Sofr
Edited by Jiřina Lukešová
Release date
  • 24 May 1968 (1968-05-24)
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 colonel, 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

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Capricious Summer". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  • Capricious Summer on IMDb
  • Koresky, Michael. "Criterion Collection Essay". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
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