

Larks on a String
1990-02-01 · 94 min · ★ 6.9
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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- Directors
- Jiří Menzel
- Production companies
- Filmové studio Barrandov
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Rudolf HrušínskýTrustee
Václav NeckářPavel Hvezdár
Jitka ZelenohorskáJitka
Vlastimil BrodskýProfessor
Vladimír PtáčekMlíkar
Ferdinand KrůtaKudla
František ŘehákDrobecek
Leoš SuchařípaPublic Prosecutor
Eugen JegorovSaxophonist
Naďa UrbánkováLenka
Věra KřesadlováConvict
Jaroslav SatoranskýGuard Andel
Jiřina ŠtěpničkováPavel's Mother
Otakar Brousek
Míla Myslíková
Věra FerbasováConvict
Vladimír ŠmeralMinister
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