Pearls of the Deep
6.4
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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Cast
27 people
Pavla Maršálková
Mother (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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Ferdinand Krůta
Father František (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara") / Gaston's Foreman (segment "Romance")
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Alois Vachek
Disabled Man (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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Emil Iserle
Uncle (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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Miroslav Nohýnek
Lover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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Borisek
Slávka Španková
Lover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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Golden Eels
How the World Is Losing Poets
Bohumil Hrabal
Spectator (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara") / Man by the House (segment "Podvodníci") / Bohumil Hrabal (segment "Automat Svět") / Sleeping Man in a Tram (segment "Romance")
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A Boring Afternoon
Prague, March ’92
Jiří Menzel
Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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Miloš Čtrnáctý
Patient, Former Singer (segment "Podvodníci")
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František Havel
Patient, Former Journalist (segment "Podvodníci")
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Okovy
Josef Hejl
Barber (segment "Podvodníci")
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Jan Vašák
Attendand (segment "Podvodníci")
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Jiří Menzel Director · Věra Chytilová Director Jaromil Jireš Director
Director Screenplay
Jiří Menzel
Director Screenplay
Věra Chytilová
Director
Jaromil Jireš
Director
Jan Němec
Director
Evald Schorm
Screenplay Author
Bohumil Hrabal
Composer
Jiří Šust
Composer
Jan Klusák
Cinematographer
Jaroslav Kučera
Editor
Jiřina Lukešová
Editor
Miroslav Hájek
Production designer
Oldřich Bosák
Costume designer
Marta Bártová
First release July 29, 1965 · Produced in XC, Czechia · Production Barrandov Studios
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Barrandov Studios
Studio · Production
XC · Czechia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Perličky na dně
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Switzerland · July 29, 1965
Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
XC · January 7, 1966
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
May 27, 2021 · Theatrical · Digitally restored
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