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Capricious Summer
Capricious Summer

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Capricious Summer

NR·1968·74m

Summary

Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It just seems to be that sort of summer. Antonin runs the swimming bath with his portly wife Katherine... A man appears with his horse-drawn caravan. He lays a striped pole across the river and walks over. With a handstand and a magic trick, Ernie the Conjuror invites everyone to that evening's performance... Ernie is a tightrope walker of only modest skill, but with a slim and beautiful assistant, Anna. Antonin speaks to her. The two spend the night in the change room by the river, Antonin massaging her feet all night long. Katherine decides to move into the caravan with Ernie. But now the major and even the canon sense Anna's attractiveness...

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Jiří Menzel

Creative Producer

Ladislav Fikar

Novel

Vladislav Vančura

Screenplay

Václav Nývlt

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Status:

Released

Original Language:

Czech

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

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Keywords

adultery
husband wife relationship
based on novel or book
magic
circus
military officer
bath
wine
summer
young woman
middle ages (476-1453)
tightrope
czech new wave