Larks on a String

6.9

Genre: Drama Romance Comedy
Run time: 94 min
Premiere: 1990. February 1.

Director: Jiří Menzel
Writer: Jiří Menzel Bohumil Hrabal Pavel Juráček
Starring: Rudolf Hrušínský Václav Neckář Jitka Zelenohorská Vlastimil Brodský

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.

Discover

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

Art

Oldřich Bosák

Production Design

Bohumil Nový

Assistant Production Design

Václav Kozel

Set Decoration

Rudolf Beneš

Set Decoration

Vladimír Mácha

Set Decoration

Camera

Jaromír Šofr

Director of Photography

Jiří Kučera

Assistant Camera

Petr Čech

Camera Operator

Josef Janoušek

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Josef Lojík

Makeup & Hair

M. Dostálová

Costumer

Marie Džbánková

Makeup & Hair

Jiří Nevařil

Makeup & Hair

Dagmar Krausová

Costumer

Dana Poláková

Costumer

Crew

Václav Nývlt

Dramaturgy

Marie Zahradníková

Script

Directing

Jiří Menzel

Director

Josef Sandr

Assistant Director

Miloš Kohout

First Assistant Director

Editing

Jiřina Lukešová

Editor

Eva Horázná

Assistant Editor

Production

Karel Škop

Unit Production Manager

Jaroslav Koucký

Unit Production Manager

Karel Kochman

Production Manager

Taťána Bargárová

Assistant Production Manager

Jaroslav Kučera

Executive Producer

Sound

Jiří Šust

Original Music Composer

Jiří Pavlík

Sound

Štěpán Koníček

Conductor

Writing

Jiří Menzel

Screenplay

Bohumil Hrabal

Short Story

Bohumil Hrabal

Screenplay

Pavel Juráček

Creative Producer

Art

Oldřich Bosák

Production Design

Bohumil Nový

Assistant Production Design

Václav Kozel

Set Decoration

Rudolf Beneš

Set Decoration

Vladimír Mácha

Set Decoration

Camera

Jaromír Šofr

Director of Photography

Jiří Kučera

Assistant Camera

Petr Čech

Camera Operator

Josef Janoušek

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Josef Lojík

Makeup & Hair

M. Dostálová

Costumer

Marie Džbánková

Makeup & Hair

Jiří Nevařil

Makeup & Hair

Dagmar Krausová

Costumer

Dana Poláková

Costumer

Crew

Václav Nývlt

Dramaturgy

Marie Zahradníková

Script

Directing

Jiří Menzel

Director

Josef Sandr

Assistant Director

Miloš Kohout

First Assistant Director

Editing

Jiřina Lukešová

Editor

Eva Horázná

Assistant Editor

Production

Karel Škop

Unit Production Manager

Jaroslav Koucký

Unit Production Manager

Karel Kochman

Production Manager

Taťána Bargárová

Assistant Production Manager

Jaroslav Kučera

Executive Producer

Sound

Jiří Šust

Original Music Composer

Jiří Pavlík

Sound

Štěpán Koníček

Conductor

Writing

Jiří Menzel

Screenplay

Bohumil Hrabal

Short Story

Bohumil Hrabal

Screenplay

Pavel Juráček

Creative Producer