Capricious Summer

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, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.

Contents

• Capricious summer
• Aufgang capricious summer case study
• Cast
• References

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)