Directed by:
František DanielScreenplay:
Zdeněk DufekCinematography:
František ValertComposer:
Ivan ŘezáčCast:
Zuzana Martínková, Ivan Touška, Vlasta Chramostová, Anna Kubalová, Marta Kučírková, Lubor Tokoš, Michal Daniel, Eva Pilarová, Jiří Ostermann, Ladislav Janský (more)Plots(1)
Summer is drawing to a close, and the relationship between young Hanka and student Pavel is just beginning. He is diffident and awkward, and the girl is only now learning to deal with her emotions. They have plenty of opportunity to get to know one another, but something always happens to put the damper on their efforts, making them increasingly distrustful of one another as their minds fill with doubt and jealousy. Like when Hanka misinterprets the innocent kiss Pavel receives from Olina, who sings in the jazz band where Pavel plays the piano. Fifty years on, the misunderstandings the couple experienced back then will seem amusing and possibly naïve yet, in its day, this film was one of the few titles where interest in real life issues took precedence over socialist realist schemes. The intimacy of the story, the jazz music, the unofficial exhibition of paintings by young artists in the basement – these were all bold innovations for the time, as was the endeavour to evoke an authentic atmosphere via a location shoot using a hidden camera and microphone. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Zuzana Martínková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
The Secret of a Great Narrator (1971)
Ivan Touška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
This Year in September (1962)
Vlasta Chramostová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
The White Lady (1965)
Anna Kubalová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Mikoláš Aleš (1951)
Nikola Šuhaj (1947)
Dnes o půl jedenácté (1949)
Marta Kučírková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Lev je v ulicích (1972) (TV movie)
Lubor Tokoš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Michal Daniel
Best movies:
This Year in September (1962)
Eva Pilarová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Návštěva z vesmíru (1977) (TV movie)
Zuzana je zase sama doma (1961) (TV movie)
Jiří Ostermann
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
And the Fifth Rider Is Fear (1964)
Muž, který stoupl v ceně (1967)
Sedm havranů (1967)
Ladislav Janský
German Empire
Best movies:
Diamonds of the Night (1964)
Na laně (1963)
A Matter of Days (1968)
Lubomír Kubošek
Best movies:
This Year in September (1962)
Karel Lang
Best movies:
This Year in September (1962)
Václav Všelicha
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Passing Through a Thick Forest (1963)
Scars of the Past (1958)
A Local Romance (1958)
Miloš Patočka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
A 105 p.c. Alibi (1959)
Jiří Chalupa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Accused (1964)
Případ korneta Jelagina (1968) (TV movie)
This Year in September (1962)
Stanislav Zindulka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Lenka Machoninová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1971) (theatrical recording)
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Hubert the Smart Boy (1984)
Antonín Šůra
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
Jiří Vala
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Vladimír Huber
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Funeral Ceremonies (1969)
Návrat pana Ryšánka (1971) (TV movie)