Larks on a String (1969)

6.9/10 94 min 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.

Cast

Rudolf Hrušínský

Trustee

Václav Neckář

Pavel Hvezdár

Jitka Zelenohorská

Jitka

Vlastimil Brodský

Professor

František Řehák

Drobecek

Leoš Suchařípa

Public Prosecutor

Eugen Jegorov

Saxophonist

Naďa Urbánková

Lenka

Věra Křesadlová

Convict

Jaroslav Satoranský

Guard Andel

Jiřina Štěpničková

Pavel's Mother

Otakar Brousek

Míla Myslíková

Věra Ferbasová

Convict

Vladimír Šmeral

Minister

Jiřina Třebická

Drobečková

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