01 Feb 1990
Larks on a String
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.
Top Billed Cast
Györgyi Tarján Straka
Zdeňka Sajfertová Anděla
Leoš Suchařípa Moneylender
Jan Hrušínský Rubín
Boris Rösner Severín
Karel Heřmánek Student
Vladimír Hauser Zjizvenec
Miroslav Donutil Nosatec
Boris Hybner Actor - Son
Ivan Podobský Actor - Grandson
Frank Towen Actor - Grandfather
Václav Kovařík Robber Knight Zima
Kateřina Burianová Mystery - Angel
Dana Balounová Mystery - Girl
Marie Spurná Mystery - Death
Ivana Vávrová Mystery - Nun
Zuzana Hodková Mystery - Prostitute
Tomáš Töpfer Mystery - Jester
Václav Knop Mystery - Devil
Alexej Okuněv Mystery - Executioner / Mystery - Heir
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