Capricious Summer (1968)
1h 14m
Running Time
May 24, 1968Release Date
Capricious Summer (1968)
1h 14m
Running Time
May 24, 1968Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It just seems to be that sort of summer. Antonin runs the swimming bath with his portly wife Katherine... A man appears with his horse-drawn caravan. He lays a striped pole across the river and walks over. With a handstand and a magic trick, Ernie the Conjuror invites everyone to that evening's performance... Ernie is a tightrope walker of only modest skill, but with a slim and beautiful assistant, Anna. Antonin speaks to her. The two spend the night in the change room by the river, Antonin massaging her feet all night long. Katherine decides to move into the caravan with Ernie. But now the major and even the canon sense Anna's attractiveness..
Where to Watch.

Currently Capricious Summer is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

Rudolf Hrušínský
Antonín Důra

Míla Myslíková
Katerina Durová

Vlastimil Brodský
Major Hugo

František Řehák
Canon Roch

Jana Preissová
Anna

Jiří Menzel
Arnoštek / Screenplay / Director

Bohuš Záhorský
Starik

Vlasta Jelínková
Sluzebna

Alois Vachek
Man in pub

Bohumil Koška
Man in pub

Karel Hovorka
Man in pub

Vladimír Pátek
Man in pub

Pavel Bošek
Mayor

Antonín Pražák
Policeman

Václav Nývlt
Screenplay

Jiřina Lukešová
Editor

Oldřich Bosák
Production Design

Jiří Šust
Original Music Composer

František Sadílek
Costumer

Petr Čech
Camera Operator

Bohumil Šmída
Executive Producer

Vladislav Vančura
Novel

Anna Pokorná
Assistant Director

Vladimír Kalina
Dramaturgy

Miloš Kohout
First Assistant Director

Vladimír Ježek
Set Decoration

Richard Němec
Unit Production Manager

Jaroslav Vágner
Unit Production Manager

Ladislav Fikar
Creative Producer

Jan Libora
Dramaturgy

Marie Machová
Makeup & Hair

Jiří Kučera
Assistant Camera

Marie Broncová
Costumer

Rudolf Hammer
Makeup & Hair

Zdeněk Oves
Production Manager

Luboš Ogoun
Choreographer

Karel Kracík
Set Decoration

Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Set Decoration

Olga Dimitrovová
Costume Design

Růžena Richterová
Makeup & Hair

Jiří Pavlík
Sound

František Belfín
Conductor

Jaromír Šofr
Director of Photography

Jindra Fenclová

Jiří Kasík

Karel Engel

Růžena Preisslerová

Ludvík Wolf
Media.


Details.
Release DateMay 24, 1968
Original NameRozmarné léto
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 14m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
circus
adultery
wife husband relationship
bath
magic
wine
military officer
summer
young woman
tightrope
based on novel or book
czech new wave
Wiki.
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.
The film depicts a humorous story of three men, a retired artillery major, a priest and a bath-keeper, during rainy summer days.
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