Drama ·Romance ·Comedy · Czechoslovakia · 1969 · 1h 34m

Larks on a String

Skřivánci na niti

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Director
Jiří Menzel
Cast
Rudolf Hrušínský as Trustee Václav Neckář as Pavel Hvezdár Jitka Zelenohorská as Jitka Vlastimil Brodský as Professor Vladimír Ptáček as Mlíkar Ferdinand Krůta as Kudla
Crew
Jaromír Šofr — Director of Photography Jiřina Lukešová — Editor Jiří Šust — Original Music Composer Jiří Menzel — Screenplay Bohumil Hrabal — Screenplay Oldřich Bosák — Production Design
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
love of one's lifebased on short story
Key Collaborators
Jiří Menzel Director Jaromír Šofr Director of Photography Jiřina Lukešová Editor Jiří Šust Original Music Composer Jiří Menzel Screenplay Bohumil Hrabal Screenplay Oldřich Bosák Production Design
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