This Year in September

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1963

Production year

1962

Premiere

5 April 1963

Runtime

84 min

Category

film

Genre

family

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Letos v září

Czech title

Letos v září

English title

This Year in September

Synopsis

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.

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

Karel Lang

Olda

Lubomír Kubošek

Borek

Anna Kubalová

babička, matka Karla Zemana

Jiří Chalupa (2)

muž v bílém

Michal Daniel

Míša, Hančin bratr

Václav Všelicha

Voice by Vladimír Huber
vrátný v nemocnici

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Miroslav Sobota

Assistant Director

Pavel Brezina

Continuity

Irena Klausová

Shooting Script

František Daniel

Director of Photography

František Valert

Second Unit Photography

Rudolf Jokl

Camera Operator

Jiří Šimunek

Production Designer

Karel Lier

Assistent Production Designer

Jan Oliva

Set Designer

Jan David (2), Karel Kočí, Jaroslava Vilímková

Assistant Film Editor

Diana Heringová

Sound Designer

Bedřich Poledník, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)

Special Effects

Trikový ateliér FSB

Production Manager

Jiří Krejčí

Unit Production Manager

Vlasta Kolbasová, Josef Mojžíš

Unit Production Manager

Zbyněk Bartoš

Cooperation

Věra Kloubková (klapka), Karel Brož (vrchní osvětlovač), Jaroslav Trousil (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Ivan Řezáč

Selected Music

Petr Iljič Čajkovskij (Klavírní koncert b moll)

Music Performed by

Rudolf Rokl

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)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

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