Capricious Summer

Capricious Summer (Czech: Rozmarné léto), a 1968 Czechoslovak comedy film, was the first colour 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 won the Crystal Globe at 1968 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[2]

Capricious Summer
DVD cover
Directed byJiří Menzel
Screenplay byVladimír Kalina
Jan Libora
Jiří Menzel
Václav Nývlt
Based onRozmarné léto
1926 novel
by Vladislav Vančura
StarringRudolf Hrušínský
Vlastimil Brodský
František Řehák
CinematographyJaromír Šofr
Edited byJiřina Lukešová
Music byJirí Šust
Distributed byÚstřední půjčovna filmů
Release date
  • 24 May 1968 (1968-05-24)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

The film depicts a humorous story of three men, a major (an artillery officer), a priest and a bath-keeper, during rainy summer days.

Plot summary

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 as Anna (as Jana Drchalová)
  • Jiří Menzel as Arnoštek, the 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.
  2. "Capricious Summer (1967)". Filmový přehled.


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