Movie·1969·1h 34m
Larks on a String
Country
Czechoslovakia
Language
Czech
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// overview
The Story
Original title: Skřivánci na niti
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.
Written By
Bohumil Hrabal
Producer
Jaroslav Kučera
Cinematography
Jaromír Šofr
Music
Jiří Šust
Editor
Jiřina Lukešová
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
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
Eugen Jegorov
Saxophonist
Naďa Urbánková
Lenka
Věra Křesadlová
Convict
Jaroslav Satoranský
Guard Andel
Jiřina Štěpničková
Pavel's Mother
Karel Mareš
Ladislav Šimek
Otakar Brousek
Míla Myslíková
Věra Ferbasová
Convict
// crew
Crew
Jaromír Šofr
Director of Photography
Jiřina Lukešová
Editor
Jiří Šust
Original Music Composer
Jiří Menzel
Director, Screenplay
Bohumil Hrabal
Screenplay
Jaroslav Kučera
Executive Producer
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