Larks on a String

Larks on a String

Infobox Film
name = Larks on a String


caption =
director = Jirí Menzel
producer =
writer = Jirí Menzel, based on the novel by Bohumil Hrabal
starring =
music =
cinematography =
distributor = IFEX (US theatrical)
Fox Lorber (US VHS)
released = flagicon|Czech Republic 1990
flagicon|USA 13 February, 1991 (NYC only)
runtime = 96 min.
country = Czechoslovakia
awards =
language = Czech
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0064994

"Larks on a String" ( _cs. Skřivánci na niti) is a 1990 Czech film directed by Jirí Menzel. It tells the stories of various characters considered 'bourgeois' by the Czech government in the 1950s, and have been forced with work in a junkyard for the purposes of 're-education'. The movie was filmed in 1969, but was banned by the Czech government. It saw release in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime.

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title=Golden Bear winner
years=1990
tied with "Music Box"
before="Rain Man"
after="La Casa del sorriso"


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