Shadows of a Hot Summer

1978 film

Shadows of a Hot Summer

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Directed by| Frantisek Vlácil
Written by| Jiří Křižan
Starring| Juraj Kukura
Cinematography| Ivan Šlapeta
Music by| Zdeněk Liška

Production
company

Barrandov Studios

Distributed by| Bontonfilm (2008)

Release date

| September 1978

Running time

| 99 min
Country| Czechoslovakia
Language| Czech

Shadows of a Hot Summer (Czech: Stíny horkého léta) is a 1978 Czechoslovak thriller film by František Vláčil. The film won a Crystal Globe award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1978.[1]

## Cast[edit]

* Juraj Kukura as Ondřej Baran
* Marta Vančurová as Tereza Baranová
* Gustáv Valach as Pavel Valchar
* Robert Lischke as Lukáš Baran
* Karel Chromík as Ukrainian Lieutenant
* Zdeněk Kutil as "Old"
* Jiří Bartoška as "White-haired"
* Augustín Kubán as "Bald"
* Gustav Opočenský as injured Ukrainian
* Ilja Prachař as Lieutenant Grygar
* Michal Ladižinský as Drunk

## Plot[edit]

The film is set in the 1940s after the end of World War II. Ondřej Baran lives with his family in Beskydy, at a homestead in the mountains. One day five members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army come to their house. One of them is injured and the Ukrainians want to hide in the house until he recovers. They take the family as hostages and force Ondřej to bring a doctor to the house. They threaten Ondřej that if he appeals for help they will kill his family. Ondřej eventually realises that he has to deal with them by himself. He kills all the Ukrainians, but one of them shoots him and he dies. The film ends with Ondřej's funeral.

## Reception[edit]

### Accolades[edit]

Date of ceremony  | Event  | Award  | Recipient(s)  | Result  | Ref(s)

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1978  | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Crystal Globe for the Best Film  | František Vláčil | Won  | [2]
29th Worker's Film Festival  | The Main Award  |  | Won  | [3]
Czechoslovak Film Critic's Award  |  | Won
The Best Actress  | Marta Vančurová | Won
Bánská Bystrica Film Festival for Youth  | Great Golden Sun for the Best Film  |  | Won
Golden Sun for the Best Actor  | Juraj Kukura | Won
Festival of Czech and Slovak Films in České Budějovice  | Award of Czechoslovak Film  |  | Won
1979  | Klement Gotwald State Awards  | František Vláčil | Won
Survey of Květy Journal for the most popular actor and actress of Socialist countries  | Golden Bloom for the Best Actress  | Marta Vančurová | Won

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Stíny horkého léta — Česká televize". Česká televize. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
2. ^ Ceska Televize. "Stíny horkého léta — Česká televize". Česká televize (in Czech). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
3. ^ "Stíny horkého léta – Filmový přehled". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 6 September 2017.

## External links[edit]

* Shadows of a Hot Summer at IMDb

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František Vláčil

Feature films|

* No Entrance (1960)
* The White Dove (1960)
* Ďáblova past (1962)
* Marketa Lazarová (1967)
* The Valley of the Bees (1968)
* Adelheid (1970)
* The Legend of the Silver Fir (1973)
* Sirius (1975)
* Smoke on the Potato Fields (1977)
* Shadows of a Hot Summer (1978)
* Concert at the End of Summer (1980)
* Snake's Venom (19821)
* Little Hersman from the Valley (1984)
* Albert (1985)
* Shades of Fern (1986)
* Magician (1988)

Short films|

* Clouds of Glass (1958)
* The Town in White (1972)
* The Promenades in Karlovy Vary (1973)
* Tell Me About Prague (1973)
* Art Nouveau's Prague (1974)

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Crystal Globe winners

* The Last Stage (1948)
* The Battle of Stalingrad (1949)
* The Fall of Berlin (1950)
* Dream of a Cossack (1951)
* The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1952)
* True Friends - Salt of the Earth (1954)
* If All the Guys in the World (1956)
* Jagte Raho (1957)
* Stepbrothers - And Quiet Flows the Don (1958)
* Seryozha (1960)
* Nine Days in One Year (1962)
* Accused (1964)
* No award (1966)
* Capricious Summer (1968)
* Kes (1970)
* Taming of the Fire (1972)
* A Lover's Romance (1974)
* La Cantata de Chile (1976)
* White Bim Black Ear - Shadows of a Hot Summer (1978)
* The Fiancee (1980)
* Mexico in Flames (1982)
* Leo Tolstoy (1984)
* A Street to Die (1986)
* Hibiscus Town (1988)
* No award (1990)
* Krapatchouk (1992)
* My Soul Brother (1994)
* The Ride (1995)
* Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
* Ma vie en rose (1997)
* Streetheart (1998)
* Yana's Friends (1999)
* Me You Them (2000)
* Amélie (2001)
* Year of the Devil (2002)
* Facing Windows (2003)
* A Children's Story (2004)
* My Nikifor (2005)
* Sherrybaby (2006)
* Jar City (2007)
* Terribly Happy (2008)
* Angel at Sea (2009)
* The Mosquito Net (2010)
* Restoration (2011)
* The Almost Man (2012)
* The Notebook (2013)
* Corn Island (2014)
* Bob and the Trees (2015)
* It's Not the Time of My Life (2016)
* Little Crusader (2017)
* I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (2018)
* The Father (2019)
* As Far as I Can Walk (2021)
* Summer with Hope (2022)
* Blaga's Lessons (2023)

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