- Country: Czechoslovakia
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Release: 1990-02-01
- Director: Jirí Menzel
- Writers: Bohumil Hrabal , Jirí Menzel
- Language: Czech
- Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský , Vlastimil Brodský , Václav Neckár , Jitka Zelenohorská , Jaroslav Satoranský , Vladimír Smeral , Ferdinand Kruta , Frantisek Rehák , Leos Sucharípa , Vladimír Ptácek
- Runtime: 94 min
- Awards: 3 wins
- AKA: Kuin leivoset langalla (Finland) , Alondras en el alambre (Spain) , Larks on a Thread , Чучулиги на кoнец (Bulgaria) , つながれたヒバリ (Japan) , Pássaros no Arame (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Larks on a String (United States of America) , Lærker i snor (Denmark) , Alondras en un hilo (Argentina) , Leeuweriken aan een draadje (Netherlands the) , Larks on a String (United Kingdom) , Skylarks on a String , Alouettes, le fil à la patte (France, French Republic) , Lärkmarionetter (Sweden) , Skrivánci na niti (Taiwan) , Жаворонки на нити , Andorinhas por um Fio (Brazil) , Lerker på en tråd (Norway) , Skrivánci na niti , Pacsirták cérnaszálon (Hungary) , 失翼靈雀 (Taiwan) , Lerchen am Faden (Germany) , Larks on a String , Rouxinóis no Fio (Brazil) , Pagidevmenoi korydalloi (Greece) , Skrivánci na niti , Skowronki na uwięzi (Poland) , Allodole sul filo (Italy)
- Plot:
Set in the late 1940s, the film concerns the treatment of suspect “bourgeois elements”, a professor, a saxophonist, and a milkman, who are put to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation.
- IMDB:tt0064994
Larks on a String Cast · · · ALL
Jirí Menzel
Director
Rudolf Hrusínský
Trustee
Václav Neckár
Pavel Hvezdár
Jitka Zelenohorská
Jitka
Vlastimil Brodský
Professor
Vladimír Ptácek
Mlíkar
Ferdinand Kruta
Kudla
Frantisek Rehák
Drobecek
Leos Sucharípa
Public Prosecutor
Eugen Jegorov
Saxophonist
Nada Urbánková
Lenka
Vera Kresadlová
Convict
Jaroslav Satoranský
Guard Andel
Jirina Stepnicková
Pavel's Mother
Karel Mares
Ladislav Simek
Otakar Brousek
Míla Myslíková
Vera Ferbasová
Convict
Vladimír Smeral
Minister
Jirina Trebická
Drobečková
Stella Zázvorková
Vera Galatíková
Vlasta Jelínková
Zora Jiráková
Gustav Oplustil