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Pearls of the Deep

1966 · TMDB 5.8 · Perličky na dně

Directed by Evald Schorm, Věra Chytilová, Jiří Menzel, Jaromil Jireš, Jan Němec

A quintet of vignettes based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal: an eventful trip to the motorcycle races results in drunkenness, long-winded discussions, and death; two elderly men create false biographies; insurance agents visit an eccentric painter/goat farmer and his mother; guests at a wedding reception remain oblivious to outlying misery; and a working-class boy romances a Roma girl.

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A quintet of vignettes based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal: an eventful trip to the motorcycle races results in drunkenness, long-winded discussions, and death; two elderly men create false biographies; insurance agents visit an eccentric painter/goat farmer and his mother; guests at a wedding reception remain obl...

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Runtime
107 min
Released
1966-01-07
Studio
Filmové studio Barrandov
Country
Czechoslovakia
Language
Czech
TMDB score
5.8
Comedy

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