Movie: Larks on a String

Top 10 Billed Cast

Rudolf Hrušínský
Rudolf Hrušínský

Trustee

Václav Neckář
Václav Neckář

Pavel Hvezdár

Jitka Zelenohorská
Jitka Zelenohorská

Jitka

Vlastimil Brodský
Vlastimil Brodský

Professor

Vladimír Ptáček
Vladimír Ptáček

Mlíkar

Ferdinand Krůta
Ferdinand Krůta

Kudla

František Řehák
František Řehák

Drobecek

Leoš Suchařípa
Leoš Suchařípa

Public Prosecutor

Eugen Jegorov
Eugen Jegorov

Saxophonist

Naďa Urbánková
Naďa Urbánková

Lenka

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1990-02-01

  • Average

    6.9

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    Český
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