Larks on a String (1969)

★ 6.9/10 94 min Drama, Romance, Comedy Czechoslovakia Czech

Director: Jiří Menzel

Screenplay by: Jiří Menzel, Bohumil Hrabal
Short Story: Bohumil Hrabal
Creative Producer: Pavel Juráček

Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

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