Capricious Summer

Capricious Summer (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 major (an artillery officer), 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)