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Larks on a String

1990·1h 34m
DramaRomanceComedy
IMDb Rating
★ 7.3/10
2,406 votes

Set in the late 1940s, the film concerns the treatment of suspect "bourgeois elements", a professor, a saxophonist, and a milkman, who are put to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation.

Larks on a String is a 1990 drama romance movie directed by Jirí Menzel, starring Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Jitka Zelenohorská. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.3/10 from 2,406 votes and runs 1h 34m.

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Director
Jirí Menzel
Stars
Rudolf Hrusínský
Vlastimil Brodský
Jitka Zelenohorská
Václav Neckár
Details
1990-02-01
94 min
Movie
★ Czechoslovakia
★ Czech
Keywords
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