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Larks on a String

Larks on a String

1969 · 94 min · CS · 7.0 (38 votes)
Dir. Jiří Menzel · Starring Rudolf Hrušínský, Václav Neckář, Jitka Zelenohorská, Vlastimil Brodský, Vladimír Ptáček, Ferdinand Krůta · Music Jiří Šust
DramaRomanceComedy

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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A poignant, darkly comedic look at life in a labor camp. It captures the quiet desperation and unexpected moments of connection amidst bleak circumstances, with a surprisingly tender romantic undercurrent.

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love of one's lifebased on short story
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