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Capricious Summer
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Wikipedia article
'Capricious Summer' is a 1968 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ji Menzel. It is based on the novel 'Rozmarn lto' (Summer of Caprice) by the Czech writer Vladislav Vanura. 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 major (an artillery officer), a priest and a bath-keeper, during rainy summer days.
Plot summary
Cast
* Rudolf Hrunsk as Antonn Dura
* Vlastimil Brodsk as Major Hugo
* Frantiek ehk as priest / abb / canon Roch
* Mla Myslkov as Kateina Durov
* Jana Preissov as Anna (as Jana Drchalov)
* Ji Menzel as Arnotek, the tightrope walker
* Bohu Zhorsk as old man
* Vlasta Jelnkov as housemaid (as V. Jelnkov)
* 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)
* Antonn Prak as policeman (as A. Prazak)
* Pavel Bosek as Mayor (as P. Bosek)
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