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, 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.

Capricious Summer
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Directed by	Jiří Menzel
Screenplay by	Vladimír Kalina Jan Libora Jiří Menzel Václav Nývlt
Based on	Rozmarné léto 1926 novel by Vladislav Vančura
Starring	Rudolf Hrušínský Vlastimil Brodský František Řehák
Cinematography	Jaromír Šofr
Edited by	Jiřina Lukešová
Music by	Jirí Šust
Distributed by	Ústřední půjčovna filmů
Release date	24 May 1968 (1968-05-24)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

The film depicts a humorous story of three men, a retired artillery major, 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 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)

External links

• Capricious Summer at IMDb
• Capricious Summer at the TCM Movie Database
• Capricious Summer at AllMovie
• Koresky, Michael. "Criterion Collection Essay". Retrieved 27 April 2012.