TMDb Rating
5.9/10
31 verified votes
Pearls of the Deep (1966)
Comedy
107 min
Plot Summary
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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ComedyVěra ChytilováPavla MaršálkováFerdinand Krůta1966
Director
Věra Chytilová
Top Cast
Pavla MaršálkováFerdinand KrůtaAlois VachekEmil IserleMiroslav Nohýnek
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