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Larks on a String is a film of genre Drama directed by Jiří Menzel released in USA on 13 february 1991 with Rudolf Hrušínský

Larks on a String (1990)

Larks on a String
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Released in USA 13 february 1991
Length 1h36
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Romance
Rating72% 3.643023.643023.643023.643023.64302

Larks on a String (Czech: Skřivánci na niti) is a 1969 Czech film directed by Jiří Menzel. The movie was banned by the Czechoslovak government. It saw release in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime. It tells the stories of various characters considered bourgeois by Czechoslovakia's communist government in the 1950s, who have been forced to work in a junkyard for the purposes of re-education. It won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.



^ "Berlinale: 1990 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-20.

Synopsis

À la fin des années 1940 ou au début des années 1950, des bourgeois sont envoyés dans une décharge de ferraille afin de perdre leurs vieux réflexes et être réhabilités selon les critères du régime communiste. Ils étaient médecin, philosophe, saxophoniste... Cependant rien ne les atteint et ils continuent dans une joyeuse nonchalance à s'entretenir du monde.

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