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February 1990 (Czechoslovakia)
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Set in the late 1940s, the film concerns the treatment of suspect "bourgeois elements", a professor, a saxophonist, and a milkman, who are put to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. full summary | add synopsis
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superior to closely watched trains
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rudolf Hrusínský | ... | Trustee | |
| Vlastimil Brodský | ... | Professor | |
| Václav Neckár | ... | Pavel Hvezdár | |
| Jitka Zelenohorská | ... | Jitka | |
| Jaroslav Satoranský | ... | Guard Andel | |
| Vladimír Smeral | ... | Minister | |
| Ferdinand Kruta | ... | Kudla | |
| Frantisek Rehák | ... | Drobecek | |
| Leos Sucharípa | ... | Public prosecutor | |
| Vladimír Ptácek | ... | Mlíkar | |
| Eugen Jegorov | ... | Saxophonist (as Evzen Jegorov) | |
| Nada Urbánková | ... | Lenka | |
| Vera Kresadlová | ... | Convict | |
| Vera Ferbasová | ... | Convict | |
| Jirina Stepnicková | ... | Pavel's mother |
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Filmed in 1969, the film was withheld by the censors and released only in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime.
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References Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
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menzel's "larks on a string" is even better than his "closely watched trains." supressed for decades in its home country this sharp, bitter and exuberant little comedy showcases its director's unique ability to mix humour and tragedy to great effect. a lyrical love story set in a scrapyard full of political dissidents who are occasionally carted off by secret police (never to return) if they talk out of turn. in the end it's an ode to the czech people, depicting them as refusing to be broken, full of a lust for life that cannot be contained even in the darkest times. some truly funny, great moments make for a deceptively simple, beautiful little movie.