The story of 1947, when Bender's band, after a beating of the Nazis, tried to fight their way through Czechoslovakia to Austria. They come out of the forest to occupy the family's rural estate, kidnap doctors to help heal one of their wounded.
Unfortunately the movie Shadows of a Hot Summer is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | František Vláčil | Director |
| Writing | Vladimír Kalina | Creative Producer |
| Crew | Josef Bouček | Dramaturgy |
| Writing | Jiří Křižan | Story |
| Directing | Aleš Dospiva | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Ivan Šlapeta | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Helena Matušková | Script |
| Writing | Jiří Křižan | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Theodor Pištěk | Costume Design |
| Crew | Georg Pokrovskij | Animal Wrangler |
| Production | Oldřich Mach | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Zdeněk Liška | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Příhoda | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | Karel Kočí | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vlasta Pištěková | Costumer |
| Production | Zdeňka Černá | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Richard Valenta | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Helena Lehovcová | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Jiří Maxa | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Oldřich Okáč | Production Design |
| Art | Karel Krejčí | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Irena Gregorová | Clapper Loader |
| Production | Jan Balzer | Production Manager |
| Art | Václav Hlávka | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | František Fabián | Sound |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Art | Stanislav Krejča | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
| Production | Marie Ryšlinková | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Miloslav Mirvald | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Petra Barochová | Costumer |
