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Director:
Jirí Menzel
Writers:
Bohumil Hrabal (novel)
Jirí Menzel
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Release Date:
February 1990 (Czechoslovakia) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance See more »
Plot:
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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Awards:
3 wins See more »
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Cast

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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
Míla Myslíková ... Convict Elza
Tereza Galiová ... Terezka, Andel's bride
Karel Mares ... Athlete
Ladislav Simek ... Older policeman
Zdenek Sverák ... Delegate URO (as Václav Sverák)
Gustav Oplustil ... Director
Vlasta Jelínková ... Thimingova
Vera Galatíková ... Pioneer
Zora Jiráková ... Kudlova
Jirina Trebická ... Drobecková
Stella Zázvorková ... Umyvacka nadobi
Otakar Brousek ... Commandant
Jan Teplý
Eva Blazková ... Convict
Zdenka Burdová ... Convict
Hana Talpová
Eva Rubínová ... Convict
Jindriska Preisová
Miroslav Saic ... Brigadier
Karel Hovorka ... Brigadier
Alois Vachek ... Brigadier
Jan Vala ... Strazny
Jirí Kasík
Rudolf Kalina
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Oldrich Janovský ... Functionary (uncredited)
Milos Kohout ... Camera man (uncredited)
Bohumil Koska ... Brigadier (uncredited)
Jirí Menzel ... Convict (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jirí Menzel 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Bohumil Hrabal  novel "Inzerát na dum, ve kterém uz nechci bydlet"
Jirí Menzel 

Produced by
Karel Kochman .... producer
 
Original Music by
Jirí Sust 
 
Cinematography by
Jaromír Sofr 
 
Film Editing by
Jirina Lukesová 
 
Production Design by
Oldrich Bosák  (as arch. Oldrich Bosák)
 
Set Decoration by
Vladimir Macha 
 
Costume Design by
Dagmar Krausova 
 
Makeup Department
Josef Lojik .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Jaroslav Koucký .... production manager (as Jaroslav Kaucký)
Karel Skop .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Milos Kohout .... assistant director
Josef Sandr .... assistant director
Pavel Cerny .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Jirí Pavlik .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Petr Cech .... second camera operator
Josef Janousek .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Stepán Konícek .... conductor (as Dr. Stepán Konícek)
 
Other crew
Pavel Jurácek .... production team
Jaroslav Kucera .... production team
Václav Nývlt .... script editor
Marika Zahradnikova .... script
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
Czechoslovakia
Language:
Czech
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:S
Filming Locations:
Kladno, Czech Republic
Company:
Filmové studio BarrandovSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Filmed in 1969, the film was withheld by the censors and released only in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime.See more »
Movie Connections:
References Monsieur Verdoux (1947)See more »

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19 out of 27 people found the following review useful.
superior to closely watched trains, 9 April 2001
Author: liehtzu from Korea

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.

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