Pearls of the Deep (1966)

5.9/10 107 min Comedy

Overview

A quintet of vignettes based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal: an eventful trip to the motorcycle races results in drunkenness, long-winded discussions, and death; two elderly men create false biographies; insurance agents visit an eccentric painter/goat farmer and his mother; guests at a wedding reception remain oblivious to outlying misery; and a working-class boy romances a Roma girl.

Cast

Bohumil Hrabal

Spectator (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")

Jiří Menzel

Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")

Bohumil Hrabal

Man by the House (segment "Podvodníci")

Ivan Vyskočil

Insurance Agent (segment "Dům radosti")

Věra Mrázkova

Bride (segment "Automat Svět")

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