
Two Lovers(2008)
A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.


In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is a young man who pines for a female convict.

Rudolf Hrušínský
Trustee

Václav Neckář
Pavel Hvezdár

Jitka Zelenohorská
Jitka

Vlastimil Brodský
Professor
Vladimír Ptáček
Mlíkar
Ferdinand Krůta
Kudla

František Řehák
Drobecek

Leoš Suchařípa
Public Prosecutor
Eugen Jegorov
Saxophonist

Naďa Urbánková
Lenka
Larks on a String is a drama, romance, comedy film released in 1969 exploring themes of love of one's life, based on short story. Directed by Jiří Menzel, it stars Rudolf Hrušínský, Václav Neckář, Jitka Zelenohorská. In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is a young man who pines for a female convict.
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