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Larks on a String

Larks on a String

19696.81h 34m

Overview

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.

Directed by Jiří Menzel
Written by Jiří Menzel, Bohumil Hrabal, Pavel Juráček
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Top Cast

Rudolf Hrušínský

Rudolf Hrušínský

Trustee

Václav Neckář

Václav Neckář

Pavel Hvezdár

Jitka Zelenohorská

Jitka Zelenohorská

Jitka

Vlastimil Brodský

Vlastimil Brodský

Professor

V

Vladimír Ptáček

Mlíkar

F

Ferdinand Krůta

Kudla

František Řehák

František Řehák

Drobecek

Leoš Suchařípa

Leoš Suchařípa

Public Prosecutor

E

Eugen Jegorov

Saxophonist

Naďa Urbánková

Naďa Urbánková

Lenka

Themes & Keywords

love of one's lifebased on short story

About Larks on a String

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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