August Sunday (1961)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 19M

Director : Otakar Vávra
Writer : Otakar Vávra, Otomar Krejča

Synopsis

This lyrical comedy story takes place in two hot days in the small South Bohemian village. On the shore of a small pond, summer guests and local youth meet. As is typical of the works of Hrubín, it is a conflict of youth and age, life and death, represented by the medical student Zuzana and her beloved Jirka.

Actors

Vlasta Fabianová
Vlasta Fabianová
Vera Mixová
Karel Höger
Karel Höger
Alfréd Morák
Bohuš Záhorský
Bohuš Záhorský
Eduard Vach
Jiřina Šejbalová
Jiřina Šejbalová
Marie Vachová
Miloš Nedbal
Miloš Nedbal
Postman
Miriam Hynková
Miriam Hynková
Zuzana
Luděk Munzar
Luděk Munzar
Jirka
Otomar Krejča
Otomar Krejča
František Filipovský
František Filipovský
Eman Fiala
Eman Fiala
Jan Tříska
Jan Tříska
Zuzana Stivínová
Zuzana Stivínová
Jaroslava Panýrková
Jaroslava Panýrková
Hana Bauerová
Hana Bauerová
Eva Horanová
Eva Horanová
Jaroslav Horan
Jaroslav Horan
Hana Jirotková
Hana Jirotková
Josef Krameš
Josef Krameš
Magdalena Micková
Magdalena Micková
Piro Milkani
Piro Milkani
Ondrej Očenáš
Ondrej Očenáš
Silvera Rašková
Silvera Rašková
Jitka Skolková
Jitka Skolková
Ludmila Sovová
Ludmila Sovová
Jiří Štíbr
Jiří Štíbr
František Hrubín
František Hrubín
Václav Voska
Václav Voska
Commentary (voice)

Crews

Otakar Vávra
Otakar Vávra
Director
Otakar Vávra
Otakar Vávra
Screenplay
Antonín Zelenka
Antonín Zelenka
Editor
Jaroslav Tuzar
Jaroslav Tuzar
Director of Photography
Václav Sklenář
Václav Sklenář
First Assistant Director
Jan Schmidt
Jan Schmidt
Assistant Director
František Hrubín
František Hrubín
Theatre Play
Otomar Krejča
Otomar Krejča
Screenplay
Jiří Vojta
Jiří Vojta
Assistant Camera
Ivan Šlapeta
Ivan Šlapeta
Assistant Camera
Jaroslav Krška
Jaroslav Krška
Production Design
Josef Svoboda
Josef Svoboda
Art Designer
Eva Slívová
Eva Slívová
Set Decoration
Jindřiška Hirschová
Jindřiška Hirschová
Costume Design
Aša Teršová
Aša Teršová
Costumer
Věra Hromádková
Věra Hromádková
Costumer
Otakar Košťál
Otakar Košťál
Makeup & Hair
Václav Volk
Václav Volk
Makeup & Hair
Marie Zedníková
Marie Zedníková
Makeup & Hair
Alena Hejdánková
Alena Hejdánková
Makeup & Hair
Miloslav Hůrka
Miloslav Hůrka
Sound
Ladislav Terš
Ladislav Terš
Production Manager
Jaroslav Merunka
Jaroslav Merunka
Unit Production Manager
Ludmila Venclíková
Ludmila Venclíková
Unit Production Manager
Václav Trojan
Václav Trojan
Original Music Composer
František Belfín
František Belfín
Conductor
Ladislav Fikar
Ladislav Fikar
Creative Producer
Bohumil Šmída
Bohumil Šmída
Executive Producer

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