---
title: 'Capricious Summer (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jiří Menzel'
released: '1968-05-24'
runtime_minutes: 74
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/capricious-summer-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063527/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Capricious Summer (1968)

1968 · 74 min · Comedy · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Rozmarné léto

## Synopsis

Capricious Summer, a 1968 Czechoslovak comedy film, was the first colour film directed by Jiří Menzel. It is based on the novel Rozmarné léto 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel)
- **Screenplay:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel), [Václav Nývlt](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-nyvlt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jiří Šust](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-sust)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jaromír Šofr](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromir-sofr)
- **Editor:** [Jiřina Lukešová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jirina-lukesova)

## Cast

- [Jirí Kasík](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-kasik)
- [Jaroslav Tomsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-tomsa)
- [Jana Preissová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-preissova)
- [Rudolf Hrušínský](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-hrusinsky)
- [František Řehák](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-rehak)
- [Ludvík Wolf](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludvik-wolf)
- [Antonín Pražák](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-prazak)
- [Bohuš Záhorský](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohus-zahorsky)
- [Jindra Fenclová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jindra-fenclova)
- [Vlasta Jelínková](https://cinepixo.com/people/vlasta-jelinkova)
- [Růžena Preisslerová](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruzena-preisslerova)
- [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel)
- [Vlastimil Brodský](https://cinepixo.com/people/vlastimil-brodsky)
- [Bohumil Koška](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohumil-koska)
- [Vladimír Pátek](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-patek)

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