Capricious Summer is a Czechoslovak comedy 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 depicts a humorous story of three men, a colonel, a priest and a bath-keeper, during rainy summer days.
| Original Title | Ein launischer Sommer | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Title | Ein launischer Sommer | ||||||||||||||
| French Title | Un été capricieux | ||||||||||||||
| Other Titles | Capricious Summer - Rozmarné léto | ||||||||||||||
| Directed by | Jiri Menzel | ||||||||||||||
| Country | Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||
| Available Formats | Blu-ray, DCP | ||||||||||||||
| Screenplay | Jirí Menzel, Václav Nývlt | ||||||||||||||
| Film Editing | Jirina Lukesová | ||||||||||||||
| Soundtrack | Jirí Sust | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography | Jaromír Sofr | ||||||||||||||
| Sound | Jirí Pavlik | ||||||||||||||
| Décors | Oldrich Bosák | ||||||||||||||
| Costumes | Olga Dimitrovová | ||||||||||||||
| Production | Zdenek Oves | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime | 74 Min. | ||||||||||||||
| Language | Tschechisch/d/f | ||||||||||||||
| Actors |
|
Karlovy Vary 1968: Best Film
Cannes 1968 - Festival annulé
«Natürlich ist das eine Satire auf bourgeoise Bequemlichkeit. Aber es ist auch eine aus zarter Ironie und feinster Komik gesponnene Nostalgie: nach einer Höflichkeit, die abhandenkam, und nach einer Zeit der Freundlichkeit, die noch nie war. Und 1968, in der Tschechoslowakei, war das beides gewiss ein subversives Statement.» züritipp, Christoph Schneider
Texts as well as any visual and audio material on the website of the trigon-film foundation are intended for reporting on the respective film or the promotion of the theatrical release. The material is available free of charge only for reporting on the respective film or its promotion. Any other usage is forbidden through copyright and has to be discussed with trigon-film. Passing on the material to a third party in return for payment or for free is strictly prohibited. The copyright reference © trigon-film.org is mandatory. By using our material you accept our copyright regulations!
