Capricious Summer

{{short description|1968 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Capricious Summer

| image = Capricious Summer.jpg

| caption = DVD cover

| director = Jiří Menzel

| screenplay = Vladimír Kalina
Jan Libora
Jiří Menzel
Václav Nývlt

| based_on = {{based on|Rozmarné léto
1926 novel|Vladislav Vančura}}

| starring = Rudolf Hrušínský
Vlastimil Brodský
František Řehák

| music = Jirí Šust

| cinematography = Jaromír Šofr

| editing = Jiřina Lukešová

| distributor = Ústřední půjčovna filmů

| released = {{film date|1968|5|24|df=yes}}

| runtime = 74 minutes

| country = Czechoslovakia

| language = Czech

}}

Capricious Summer ({{langx|cs|Rozmarné léto}}), a 1968 Czechoslovak comedy film, was the first colour film directed by Jiří Menzel. It is based on the novel Rozmarné léto (Summer of Caprice) by the Czech writer Vladislav Vančura. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2698/year/1968.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Capricious Summer |access-date=5 April 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}} but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France. The film won the Crystal Globe at 1968 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.{{cite web| url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/en/film/396728/rozmarne-leto | title=Capricious Summer (1967) | website=Filmový přehled}}

The film depicts a humorous story of three men, a retired artillery major, a priest and a bath-keeper, during rainy summer days.