
Larks on a String
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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Rudolf Hrušínský
Rudolf Hrušínský
Trustee
Rudolf Hrušínský
Trustee


Václav Neckář
Václav Neckář
Pavel Hvezdár
Václav Neckář
Pavel Hvezdár


Jitka Zelenohorská
Jitka Zelenohorská
Jitka
Jitka Zelenohorská
Jitka


Vlastimil Brodský
Vlastimil Brodský
Professor
Vlastimil Brodský
Professor
Vladimír Ptáček
Vladimír Ptáček
Mlíkar
Vladimír Ptáček
Mlíkar
Ferdinand Krůta
Ferdinand Krůta
Kudla
Ferdinand Krůta
Kudla


František Řehák
František Řehák
Drobecek
František Řehák
Drobecek


Leoš Suchařípa
Leoš Suchařípa
Public Prosecutor
Leoš Suchařípa
Public Prosecutor


Eugen Jegorov
Eugen Jegorov
Saxophonist
Eugen Jegorov
Saxophonist


Naďa Urbánková
Naďa Urbánková
Lenka
Naďa Urbánková
Lenka
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