Capricious Summer is a 1968 Czechoslovak comedy film

Comedy film

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 directed by Jiří Menzel

Jirí Menzel

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. It is based on the novel Rozmarné léto (Summer of Caprice) by the Czech writer Vladislav Vančura

Vladislav Vancura

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. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival

1968 Cannes Film Festival

The 21st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 10 - 24, 1968, before being cancelled due to the turmoil of May 1968 in France.Peter Lennon's documentary Rocky Road To Dublin was to be the final film screened at the 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 holidays.

Cast

• Rudolf Hrušínský
  Rudolf Hrušínský
  Rudolf Hrušínský was an acclaimed Czech actor.-Biography:He was born in Nová Včelnice to Hermina Červičková and Rudolf Hrušinský . He was born, literally, back stage during a showing of the play Taneček panny Marinky...
  
   as Antonín Dura
• Vlastimil Brodský
  Vlastimil Brodský
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   as Major Hugo
• František Řehák as priest / abbé / canon Roch
• Míla Myslíková
  Míla Myslíková
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   as Kateřina Durová
• Jana Preissová (then Jana Drchalová) as Anna
• Jiří Menzel
  Jirí Menzel
  Jiří Menzel is a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography...
  
   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)