Larks on a String(Skřivánci na niti)
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Czechoslovakia · 1990
1h 34m
Director Jiří Menzel
Starring Rudolf Hrušínský, Jitka Zelenohorská, Václav Neckář, Vlastimil Brodský
Genre Drama, Romance
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Set in the late 1940s, interwoven stories depict the experiences of men dissatisfied with their former professions who are put to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation.
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