Larks on a String (1990) (Skrivánci na niti)

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Directed by

Jirí Menzel

Starring (View all)

Rudolf Hrusínský
Trustee

Vlastimil Brodský
Professor

Václav Neckár
Pavel Hvezdár

Jitka Zelenohorská
Jitka

Vladimír Smeral
Minister

Frantisek Rehák
Drobecek

Leos Sucharípa
Public prosecutor

Vladimír Ptácek
Mlíkar

Written by

Bohumil Hrabal
novel Inzerát na dum, ve kterém uz nechci bydlet

Jirí Menzel

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Description: Prague in the early 1950's. Bourgeois elements are being re-educated by working in a scrapyard full of the detritus of industrial society. The volunteer workers comprise a professor of literature, a public prosecutor, a dairyman, a saxophonist, a barber, and a young cook. Also working in the yard are a number of female prisoners serving a year for trying to defect... A camera crew arrives with potted plants and other props. An idyllic scene is created; the prisoners star briefly in a pro-North Korean newsreel before going back to work... The volunteers are striking because the scrapyard work quotas have risen without consultatio ... (more)

Release date: 1 February 1990

Tags: Comedy (3), Czech (3), Communism (3), Political (3), Drama (3), Satire (3), 1960s (2), Prosecutor (1), Russian Occupation Of Czechoslovakia (1), Women's Prison (1), Political Prisoner (1), Bourgeoisie (1), Shaft (1), Falling In Love (1), {czech 06} (1), Hairdresser (1), Film Director (1), Prison Guard (1), Male Female Relationship (1)

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"19.6. A story about random people in a socialist re-education camp. This film was deemed highly dangerous back in the day, so it was banned and only released officially after the end of Cold War."