Larks on a String
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
94 min
Release Date
1990-02-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Czech
Vote Count
43
Vote Average
6.9
Rudolf Hrušínský
Trustee
Václav Neckář
Pavel Hvezdár
Jitka Zelenohorská
Jitka
Vlastimil Brodský
Professor
Vladimír Ptáček
Mlíkar
Ferdinand Krůta
Kudla
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
Karel Mareš
Ladislav Šimek
Otakar Brousek
Míla Myslíková
Věra Ferbasová
Convict
Vladimír Šmeral
Minister
Jiřina Třebická
Drobečková
Stella Zázvorková
Tereza Bariová
Věra Galatíková
Vlasta Jelínková
Zora Jiráková
Gustav Oplustil
Miloš Kohout
Zdeněk Svěrák
Eva Blažková
Convict
Zdena Burdová
Eva Rubínová
Jiří Menzel
Convict
Bořivoj Fiala
Oldřich Janovský
Karel Hovorka
Bohumil Koška
Miroslav Saic
Alois Vachek
Miloslav Balcar
Alena Frimlová
Hana Talpová
Jan Teplý
Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová
Rudolf Kalina
Jiří Kasík
Vladimír Hrabánek
Antonín Gondolán
František Gondolán
Jiří Gondolán
Vojtěch Gondolán
Ondřej Gondolán
Rudolf Pešta
Antonín Samler
Jan Vala
Jarmila Gybasová
Eva Vejlová
Helena Velenovská
Jitka Molavcová
Marie Benetková
Ivana Horká
Eva Podzimková
H. Cermanová
H. Ruprichová
J. Šprachtová
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