August Sunday

August Sunday

1961 · 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.

Directed by Otakar Vávra · Written by Otakar Vávra

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