Shadows of a Hot Summer (Stíny horkého léta) 45 years old

A story set in 1947 when Ukrainian right-wing anti-Communist guerillas, looking like and feeling like Nazi's, are trying to fight their way through Czechoslovakia to Austria. They come out of the forest to occupy a family's countryside farm house, kidnapping a doctor to help heal one of their wounded, but this could just as easily be about the post-war occupying forces in Eastern Europe, or the occupying Soviet forces in the 60's, as there is an initial belief that there is nothing anyone can do.

Credits

Shadows of a Hot Summer Cast

Name Character
Ilja Prachař He was 54, 81 years old when he died as Poručík Grygar
Marta Vančurová She was 30, now 75 years old as Tereza
Juraj Kukura He was 31, now 77 years old as Ondrej Baran
Jiří Bartoška He was 31, now 77 years old as Banderovec 'belovlasý'
Zdenek Kutil as Banderovec 'starý'

Shadows of a Hot Summer Crew

Name Department
Jiří Křižan as Writer. He was 36 (68) years old when He died Writing
František Vláčil as Director. He was 54 (74) years old when He died Directing
Shadows of a Hot Summer poster
Shadows of a Hot Summer (45 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, September 13, 1978
  • Runtime: 100 minutes