Larks on a String

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Larks on a String

1990

1h 34m

6.9(43 votes)

Drama

Romance

Comedy

Overview

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.

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64 members

Acting

Rudolf Hrušínský

Trustee

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Václav Neckář

Pavel Hvezdár

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Jitka Zelenohorská

Jitka

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Vlastimil Brodský

Professor

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Vladimír Ptáček

Mlíkar

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Ferdinand Krůta

Kudla

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František Řehák

Drobecek

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Leoš Suchařípa

Public Prosecutor

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Eugen Jegorov

Saxophonist

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Naďa Urbánková

Lenka

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Věra Křesadlová

Convict

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Jaroslav Satoranský

Guard Andel

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Jiřina Štěpničková

Pavel's Mother

Sound

Karel Mareš

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Ladislav Šimek

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Otakar Brousek

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Míla Myslíková

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Věra Ferbasová

Convict

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Vladimír Šmeral

Minister

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Jiřina Třebická

Drobečková

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Stella Zázvorková

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Tereza Bariová

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Věra Galatíková

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Vlasta Jelínková

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Zora Jiráková

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Writing

Gustav Oplustil

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Directing

Miloš Kohout

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Writing

Zdeněk Svěrák

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Eva Blažková

Convict

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Zdena Burdová

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Eva Rubínová

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Jiří Menzel

Convict

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Bořivoj Fiala

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Oldřich Janovský

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Karel Hovorka

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Bohumil Koška

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Miroslav Saic

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Alois Vachek

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Miloslav Balcar

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Alena Frimlová

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Hana Talpová

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Jan Teplý

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Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová

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Rudolf Kalina

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Jiří Kasík

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Vladimír Hrabánek

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Antonín Gondolán

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František Gondolán

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Jiří Gondolán

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Vojtěch Gondolán

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Ondřej Gondolán

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Rudolf Pešta

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Antonín Samler

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Jan Vala

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Jarmila Gybasová

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Eva Vejlová

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Helena Velenovská

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Jitka Molavcová

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Marie Benetková

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Ivana Horká

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Eva Podzimková

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H. Cermanová

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H. Ruprichová

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J. Šprachtová

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