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Pearls of the Deep

Pearls of the Deep

1966•1h 47m•5.9/10
Comedy

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5.9/10(31)

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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Production

Filmové studio Barrandov

Language

CS

Status

Released

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Cast

Pavla Maršálková

Mother (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")

Ferdinand Krůta

Father František (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")

Alois Vachek

Disabled Man (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")

Emil Iserle

Uncle (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")

Miroslav Nohýnek

Lover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")

Slávka Španková

Lover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")

Bohumil Hrabal

Bohumil Hrabal

Spectator (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")

Jiří Menzel

Jiří Menzel

Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")

Miloš Čtrnáctý

Patient, Former Singer (segment "Podvodníci")

František Havel

Patient, Former Journalist (segment "Podvodníci")

Josef Hejl

Barber (segment "Podvodníci")

Jan Vašák

Attendand (segment "Podvodníci")

Jiří Reichl

Young Man with Fracture (segment "Podvodníci")

Bohumil Hrabal

Bohumil Hrabal

Man by the House (segment "Podvodníci")

Josefa Pechlátová

Mother (segment "Dům radosti")

Václav Žák

Painter (segment "Dům radosti")

Ivan Vyskočil

Ivan Vyskočil

Insurance Agent (segment "Dům radosti")

Antonín Pokorný

Insurance Agent (segment "Dům radosti")

Věra Mrázkova

Věra Mrázkova

Bride (segment "Automat Svět")

Vladimír Boudník

Art Designer (segment "Automat Svět")

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