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Rudolf Hrušínský, Vlastimil Brodský, František Řehák, Míla Myslíková, Jana Preissová, Jiří Menzel, Bohuš Záhorský, Vlasta Jelínková, Alois Vachek (mehr)Inhalte(1)
The weather is unusually cold for June but Abbé Roch and Major Hugo still go to visit their friend, master Důra, at his river resort, and to philosophize. On the road a circus trailer car is travelling towards the small town. In the evening, Důra, the major, abbé and Důra's wife Kateřina go to the show performed by the tightrope walker and magician Arnoštek. The three middle-aged men all lust after Arnoštek's beautiful assistant Anna, and Mrs Kateřina is keen on Arnoštek. During the three consecutive nights, all three men try their luck with Anna but it seems that none will be so successful as they would like to be. Kateřina interrupts Důra's date with Anna. As the abbé and Anna fry fish in the trailer, some drunkards break in and there is a fight in which the abbé's ear is slightly torn. After a Lucullan dinner with Anna, the major falls asleep. In the meantime, Kateřina enjoys herself with Arnoštek but when he falls off the tightrope and hurts himself, she refuses to help Anna with the performance, and instead returns to her husband. The men are back bathing, and conversing, as Arnoštek's trailer car leaves the town. It is raining and master Důra remarks: "This kind of summer strikes me as rather unfortunate". (Verleiher-Text)
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Wie Menzel das geschafft hat, verstehe ich immer noch nicht. Die Wärme, die Freundlichkeit und die Ausgelassenheit von Vančuras Text auf die Leinwand zu übertragen, ist ein Kunststück, das eines Narren würdig ist, aber, meine Güte, es funktioniert! Vančuras "Übernatürliches" im Mund der großen Namen des tschechischen Kinos klingt nicht gewalttätig oder unpassend, sondern genau so, wie es sein soll. Außerdem passt die fast poetische Kulisse einer Kleinstadt und eines kleinen magischen Varietés perfekt zum Originaltext. "Humor ist nicht, zu lachen, sondern es besser zu wissen", schrieb Vančura, und das ist ja auch das schönste Motto für diese Komödie, die ich in meiner persönlichen Rangliste ganz oben ansetze.
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Here we have a quite delightful Vančura transcription, which is beautiful in its rich Czech language, atypical in its use of color in 1967 and bringing the fresh charms of Jana Preissová to the movie theater screens. It may not be as relaxed and fine as Menzel in conjunction with Hrabal in other films, but the pearls of wisdom uttered by Brodsky, Hrušínský, and Myslíková are absolute. Then I can also ignore Řehák's torn ear.
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