Larks on a String

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Larks on a String
Directed by Jirí Menzel
Written by Jirí Menzel, based on the novel by Bohumil Hrabel
Distributed by IFEX (US theatrical)
Fox Lorber (US VHS)
Release date(s) Flag of Czech Republic 1990
Flag of United States 13 February 1991 (NYC only)
Running time 96 mins
Country Czechoslovakia
Language Czech
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Larks on a String (Czech: Skrivánci na niti) is a 1990 Czechoslovakian 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'.


Preceded by
Rain Man
Golden Bear winner
1990
tied with Music Box
Succeeded by
La Casa del sorriso