Larks on a String (1969)
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- 1h 34min
- Comedy, Drama
- Feb 1990 (Czechoslovakia)
- Movie
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.
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- 3 wins.
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| Rudolf Hrusínský | ... |
Trustee
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| Vlastimil Brodský | ... |
Professor
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| Václav Neckár | ... |
Pavel Hvezdár
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| Jitka Zelenohorská | ... |
Jitka
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| Jaroslav Satoranský | ... |
Guard Andel
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| Vladimír Smeral | ... |
Minister
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| Ferdinand Kruta | ... |
Kudla
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| Frantisek Rehák | ... |
Drobecek
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| Leos Sucharípa | ... |
Public prosecutor
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Vladimír Ptácek | ... |
Mlíkar
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| Eugen Jegorov | ... |
Saxophonist
(as Evzen Jegorov)
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| Nada Urbánková | ... |
Lenka
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| Vera Kresadlová | ... |
Convict
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| Vera Ferbasová | ... |
Convict
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| Jirina Stepnicková | ... |
Pavel's mother
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| Míla Myslíková | ... |
Convict Elza
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Tereza Galiová | ... |
Terezka, Andel's bride
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Karel Mares | ... |
Athlete
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Ladislav Simek | ... |
Older policeman
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| Zdenek Sverák | ... |
Delegate URO
(as Václav Sverák)
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| Gustav Oplustil | ... |
Director
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| Vlasta Jelínková | ... |
Thimingova
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| Vera Galatíková | ... |
Pioneer
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Zora Jiráková | ... |
Kudlova
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| Jirina Trebická | ... |
Drobecková
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| Stella Zázvorková | ... |
Umyvacka nadobi
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| Otakar Brousek | ... |
Commandant
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| Jan Teplý |
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Eva Blazková | ... |
Convict
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Zdenka Burdová | ... |
Convict
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Hana Talpová |
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Eva Rubínová | ... |
Convict
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Gabriela Preissová | ... |
(as Jindriska Preisová)
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Miroslav Saic | ... |
Brigadier
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Karel Hovorka | ... |
Brigadier
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Alois Vachek | ... |
Brigadier
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Jan Vala | ... |
Strazny
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Jirí Kasík |
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Rudolf Kalina |
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Marie Benetková |
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Miloslav Balcar | ... |
Ridic cerného auta / vedoucí postrikovací party (uncredited)
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Oldrich Janovský | ... |
Functionary (uncredited)
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Milos Kohout | ... |
Camera man (uncredited)
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Bohumil Koska | ... |
Brigadier (uncredited)
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| Jirí Menzel | ... |
Convict (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Jirí Menzel | ||
Written by
| Bohumil Hrabal | ... | (novel "Inzerát na dum, ve kterém uz nechci bydlet") |
| Jirí Menzel | ... | () |
Produced by
| Karel Kochman | ... | producer |
Music by
| Jirí Sust | ||
Cinematography by
| Jaromír Sofr | ||
Editing by
| Jirina Lukesová | ||
Production Design by
| Oldrich Bosák | ... | (as arch. Oldrich Bosák) |
Set Decoration by
| Vladimír Mácha | ... | (as Vladimir Macha) |
Costume Design by
| Dagmar Krausová | ... | (as 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) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Václav Nývlt | ... | script editor |
Additional Crew
| Pavel Jurácek | ... | production team |
| Jaroslav Kucera | ... | production team |
| Marika Zahradnikova | ... | script |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Airone Cinematografica (1990) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Alcine Terran (1990) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Film Arte (1991) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- International Film Exchange (IFEX) (1991) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Les Grands Films Classiques (GFC) (1990) (France) (theatrical)
- Ústrední Pujcovna Filmu (1990) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
- IVC (2017) (Japan) (DVD)
- NHK-BS2 (1995) (Japan) (tv)
- Prodimag (2006) (Spain) (DVD)
- Second Run (2011) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (1991) (Argentina) (VHS)
- trigon-film (2016) (Austria)
- trigon-film (2016) (Germany)
- trigon-film (2016) (Switzerland)
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Other Companies
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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 consultation. A union rep arrives to persuade them otherwise... The guard for the female prisoners gets married but the gypsy musicians make a mess at his reception. The cook flirts with one of the pretty prisoners and finally proposes... Written by David Carless |
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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 | Edited into CzechMate: In Search of Jirí Menzel (2018). See more » |