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August Sunday
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August Sunday

1961-05-12 · 79 min · ★ 6.0

Comedy · Drama

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.

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Directors
Otakar Vávra
Production companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Vlasta FabianováVlasta FabianováVera Mixová
Karel HögerKarel HögerAlfréd Morák
Bohuš ZáhorskýBohuš ZáhorskýEduard Vach
Jiřina ŠejbalováJiřina ŠejbalováMarie Vachová
Miloš NedbalMiloš NedbalPostman
Miriam HynkováMiriam HynkováZuzana
Luděk MunzarLuděk MunzarJirka
Otomar KrejčaOtomar Krejča
František FilipovskýFrantišek Filipovský
Eman FialaEman Fiala
Jan TřískaJan Tříska
Zuzana StivínováZuzana Stivínová
Jaroslava PanýrkováJaroslava Panýrková
Hana Bauerová
Eva Horanová
Jaroslav Horan
Hana Jirotková
Josef Krameš
Magdalena Micková
Piro MilkaniPiro Milkani

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