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Karel DeglMusik:
Jiří SrnkaBesetzung:
Václav Sova, Otylie Beníšková, Lída Baarová, Svatopluk Beneš, Antonie Nedošinská, Zorka Janů, Josef Stadler, Jaroslav Liška, František Roland (mehr)Inhalte(1)
After eight years of studying, Julio, the eighteen-year-old son of a lord of the manor, now lately deceased, returns home. He is warmly welcomed by his old nurse Paulina and his cousin Rosa. However, he receives only cold stares from Rosa's mother, Julio's aunt. The ageing woman keeps her distance from everyone and does not wish the young people to mix with the local youths. The temperamental Rosa has bewitched the timid Julio and he finally has to runs away from her. He meets Petr, his friend from childhood who works at the manor as a gardener. Petr takes him to meet his friends and they spend their leisure time in the romantic environment of the river. One night, the old ferryman tends the wounds of a young man named Šimon, a student from Prague who causes unease among the friends. The ferryman's granddaughter Klárka falls in love with him but he only treats her like a child. Šimon has eyes only for Rosa, who returns his feelings. Klárka's jealousy drives her to attempt suicide. She is saved, but at the cost of Petr's life. The summer ends, Šimon goes back to Prague and says farewell to Rosa. Rosa tells him she is expecting his child and so Šimon takes her with him. (Verleiher-Text)
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Although this is a very important and interesting film from a historical point of view, it is problematic from an audience perspective. It combines the return of Lída Baarová to Czech cinema after she was banned from working in Germany, along with the casting of her younger sister, Zorka Janů. Before that, they had only starred together in Madla from the Brickworks, and in the case of the then 12-year-old Zorka, that can't yet be considered a role. Then there was the onset of directors Čáp and Krška, both of whom I respect very much, and the slowly maturing Beneš in contrast to the slowly fading Nedošinská. However, in the end, my impression of it is quite awkward. The entire film seems to me like a collage glued together from the building poem from Ecstasy, the youthful naivety of Before Graduation, and then spiced up with an uncontrollable girl's heart that oscillates between May Fairy Tale and Sweet Sixteen. The final cry belongs entirely to The Sins of Youth.
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Fiery Summer ist ein so überraschend gut aufgenommener Film, der eine schöne, warme Sommerstimmung ausstrahlt, dass ich ihm auch ein paar nicht gerade überzeugende Schauspielleistungen verzeihen muss. Es ist mir vor allem der steife Amateurschauspieler Josef Stadler auf die Nerven gegangen und Zorka Janů hat auch nicht ganz nach meinem Geschmack gespielt. Wenn Lída Baarová den schüchternen Studenten verführt oder wenn Svatopluk Beneš Lída Baarová erobert, ist das ganz was anderes. Und dieses Lob bringt mich zum Lob der Musik. Ich kann mich an keinen anderen alten Film erinnern, der einen so tollen Soundtrack hat. Ich freue mich schon auf den Sommer am Fluss.
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