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 Hrabal
Distributed by IFEX (US theatrical)
Fox Lorber (US VHS)
Release date(s) Flag of the Czech Republic 1990
Flag of the United States 13 February 1991 (NYC only)
Running time 96 min.
Country Czechoslovakia
Language Czech
IMDb profile

Larks on a String (Czech: 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.

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