Germany / Feb 16, 1990 / Berlin International Film Festival
1h 34min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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Genres
DramaRomanceComedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Skřivánci na niti |
| Original language | Český (CS) |
| Spoken languages | Český |
| Production countries | Czechoslovakia |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Filmové studio Barrandov |
| Release date | 1 gennaio 1969 |
| Executive producer | Jaroslav Kučera |
| Writer | Jiří Menzel, Bohumil Hrabal, Pavel Juráček |
| Editing | Jiřina Lukešová, Eva Horázná |
| Cinematography | Jaromír Šofr, Petr Čech, Jiří Kučera, Josef Janoušek |
| Assistant directors | Miloš Kohout, Josef Sandr, Jiří Menzel, Marie Zahradníková |
| Camera operators | Petr Čech, Jaromír Šofr, Jiří Kučera, Josef Janoušek |
| Additional photography | Jaromír Šofr, Petr Čech, Jiří Kučera, Josef Janoušek |
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| Production design | Oldřich Bosák, Bohumil Nový, Vladimír Mácha, Rudolf Beneš, Václav Kozel |
| Art direction | Oldřich Bosák, Bohumil Nový, Vladimír Mácha, Rudolf Beneš, Václav Kozel |
| Set decoration | Vladimír Mácha, Rudolf Beneš, Václav Kozel, Oldřich Bosák, Bohumil Nový |
| Music | Jiří Šust, Jiří Pavlík, Štěpán Koníček |
| Sound | Jiří Šust, Jiří Pavlík, Štěpán Koníček |
| Costume design | Dagmar Krausová, M. Dostálová, Josef Lojík, Marie Džbánková, Jiří Nevařil, Dana Poláková |
| Makeup | Dagmar Krausová, M. Dostálová, Josef Lojík, Marie Džbánková, Jiří Nevařil, Dana Poláková |
| Hairstyling | Dagmar Krausová, M. Dostálová, Josef Lojík, Marie Džbánková, Jiří Nevařil, Dana Poláková |
Release dates
Premiere
Limited release
XC / Jan 01, 1969 / neveřejná projekce, film zakázán a na 20 let dán "do trezoru"
Theatrical release
XC / Feb 01, 1990 / First public release
France / May 16, 1990
South Korea / May 17, 2017 / 15
Czechia / Feb 24, 2022 / Digitally restored
Physical media
France / May 07, 2011 / DVD
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