This Year in September
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1963Production year
1962Premiere
5 April 1963Runtime
84 minDirector
František DanielCategory
filmGenre
familyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Letos v záříCzech title
Letos v záříEnglish title
This Year in SeptemberSynopsis
Sixteen-year old Hanka is suffering the confusions of the first stirrings of love. She is smitten with the undergraduate Pavel Horák but doesn't know how to approach him. Pavel is also attracted to the serious girl, but he is equally shy and self-conscious. This is why their every meeting ends up in mutual disappointment, insecurity and a feeling of being threatened. Hanka is jealous of Olina, who kisses Pavel in the euphoria after her favourite football club scores a goal. Pavel, on the other hand, doesn't like the fact that the extrovert medical student Dáda is sweet-talking Hanka. One afternoon, the couple manage to set free from the group and have a wonderful time together walking and going to the planetarium. In the evening, Pavel tries to kiss Hanka but the girl angrily backs away. Miserable, Pavel returns home. His little sister Bodula senses his trouble and explains Hanka's behaviour to him in an uncomplicated childish way. After Pavel leaves, Hanka realizes she has made a mistake and goes to look for Pavel. When she meets him in town, she overcomes her embarrassment and kisses the boy.
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Cast
Zuzana Martínková
studentka Hanka Zemanová
Ivan Touška
student Pavel Horák
Vlasta Chramostová
Zemanová, Hančina matka
Lubor Tokoš
Karel Zeman, Hančin otec
Marta Kučírková
Horáková, Pavlova matka
Lenka Machoninová
Bodula, Pavlova sestra
Eva Pilarová
zpěvačka, ona sama
Jiří Ostermann
Voice by Antonín Šůra
medik Dáda
Ladislav Janský
Voice by Jiří Vala
Mirek
Karel Lang
Olda
Lubomír Kubošek
Borek
Anna Kubalová
babička, matka Karla Zemana
Jiří Chalupa (2)
muž v bílém
Miloš Patočka
opilec
Stanislav Zindulka
opilec
Michal Daniel
Míša, Hančin bratr
Václav Všelicha
Voice by Vladimír Huber
vrátný v nemocnici
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Pavel Brezina
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Jan David (2), Karel Kočí, Jaroslava Vilímková
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Bedřich Poledník, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Vlasta Kolbasová, Josef Mojžíš
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Věra Kloubková (klapka), Karel Brož (vrchní osvětlovač), Jaroslav Trousil (fotograf)
Music
Songs
Fata morgana blues
Song Composer Ivan Řezáč
Writer of Lyrics Josef Kainar
Singer Eva Pilarová
Jak vypadá čas
Song Composer Wiliam Bukový
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Sobotka
Singer Eva Pilarová
Slunečnice
Song Composer Sláva Eman Nováček
Writer of Lyrics Josef Gruss
Singer Vlasta Chramostová
Production info
Original Title
Letos v září
Czech Title
Letos v září
English Title
This Year in September
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
family
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1963
Production Year
1962
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 5 June 1962
technical Screenplay approved 26 July 1962
start of filming 16 August 1962
end of filming 2 November 1962
projection approval 29 December 1962
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1971
Premiere
premiere 29 March 1963 /suitable for youths/ (kino Paříž /2 týdny/, Praha)
premiere 5 April 1963 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Novotný – Kubala, Bedřich Kubala (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Ladislav Novotný (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
84 min
Original length in metres
2 382 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
