Directed by:
Jiří MenzelCinematography:
Jaromír ŠofrComposer:
Jiří ŠustCast:
Rudolf Hrušínský, Vlastimil Brodský, František Řehák, Míla Myslíková, Jana Preissová, Jiří Menzel, Bohuš Záhorský, Vlasta Jelínková, Alois Vachek (more)VOD (1)
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The weather is unusually cold for June but Abbé Roch and Major Hugo still go to visit their friend, master Důra, at his river resort, and to philosophize. On the road a circus trailer car is travelling towards the small town. In the evening, Důra, the major, abbé and Důra's wife Kateřina go to the show performed by the tightrope walker and magician Arnoštek. The three middle-aged men all lust after Arnoštek's beautiful assistant Anna, and Mrs Kateřina is keen on Arnoštek. During the three consecutive nights, all three men try their luck with Anna but it seems that none will be so successful as they would like to be. Kateřina interrupts Důra's date with Anna. As the abbé and Anna fry fish in the trailer, some drunkards break in and there is a fight in which the abbé's ear is slightly torn. After a Lucullan dinner with Anna, the major falls asleep. In the meantime, Kateřina enjoys herself with Arnoštek but when he falls off the tightrope and hurts himself, she refuses to help Anna with the performance, and instead returns to her husband. The men are back bathing, and conversing, as Arnoštek's trailer car leaves the town. It is raining and master Důra remarks: "This kind of summer strikes me as rather unfortunate". (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Rudolf Hrušínský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Elementary School (1991)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Vlastimil Brodský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
František Řehák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Míla Myslíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Jana Preissová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
How to Get Dad Into Reform School (1978) (TV movie)
Bratři Karamazovi (1981) (theatrical recording)
How to Pull Out a Whale's Tooth (1977) (TV movie)
Jiří Menzel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
The Cremator (1968)
Larks on a String (1969)
Bohuš Záhorský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Vlasta Jelínková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Alois Vachek
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Larks on a String (1969)
Bohumil Koška
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Karel Hovorka st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Antonín Pražák
Best movies:
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
Pavel Bošek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Vladimír Pátek
Best movies:
Capricious Summer (1967)
Ludvík Wolf
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Jaroslav Tomsa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Karel Engel
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Jiří Kasík
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Happy End (1967)
Jindra Fenclová
Best movies:
Capricious Summer (1967)
Růžena Preisslerová
Best movies:
Capricious Summer (1967)
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1964)
Romanetto (1970) (TV movie)