Late August at the Hotel Ozone explained

Late August at the Hotel Ozone
Director:	Jan Schmidt
Screenplay:	Pavel Juráček Jan Schmidt
Story:	Pavel Juráček
Starring:	Ondrej Jariabek Beta Poničanová
Music:	Jan Klusák
Cinematography:	Jiří Macák
Editing:	Miroslav Hájek
Studio:	Československý armádní film
Distributor:	Ústřední půjčovna filmů
Runtime:	77 minutes
Country:	Czechoslovakia
Language:	Czech

Late August at the Hotel Ozone (Czech: '''Konec srpna v Hotelu Ozon''') is a 1967 Czechoslovak science fiction film by director Jan Schmidt based on a screenplay by Pavel Juráček.^[1]

Production

Dana Medřická was originally considered for a role of Dagmar Hubertusová. The film was shot in an abandoned village near Mohelno.

Plot

The film follows a group of young women who live in a post-apocalyptic world after nuclear war.^[2]

Cast

• Ondrej Jariabek as Old Man
• Beta Poničanová as Dagmar Hubertusová
• Magda Seidlerová as Barbora
• Hana Vítková as Tereza
• Jana Novaková as Klára
• Vanda Kalinová as Judita
• Natalie Maslovová as Magdaléna
• Irena Lžičařová as Eva
• Jitka Hořejšías Marta

Reception

Late August at the Hotel Ozone was released in 1967. The New York Times wrote in 2014 "Gorgeously shot and devastatingly well told, the film echoes the hopelessness of certain World War II narratives of the era".^[3]

See also

• List of apocalyptic films

Notes and References

1. Web site: Konec srpna v hotelu Ozon . Filmový přehled. NFA. 2020-02-22.
2. Web site: The End of August at the Hotel Ozone: the social-political archetype and its allegorical depiction. Lea MOHYLOVÁ. Filmový přehled. NFA. 2020-02-22.
3. Web site: New York Times . To Boldly Go Where No Comrade Has... . Eric Hynes . 20 August 2014.