Pearls of the Deep (1966)

Pearls of the Deep (1966)

1966-01-07 Czechoslovakia 107 Min. PG-13
5.9 31 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Pavla Maršálková is Mother (segment
Mother (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Ferdinand Krůta is Father František (segment
Father František (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Alois Vachek is Disabled Man  (segment
Disabled Man (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Emil Iserle is Uncle  (segment
Uncle (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Miroslav Nohýnek is Lover (segment
Lover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Slávka Španková is Lover (segment
Lover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Bohumil Hrabal is Spectator (segment
Spectator (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Jiří Menzel is Cyclist (segment
Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Miloš Čtrnáctý is Patient, Former Singer  (segment
Patient, Former Singer (segment "Podvodníci")
František Havel is Patient, Former Journalist (segment
Patient, Former Journalist (segment "Podvodníci")
Josef Hejl is Barber (segment
Barber (segment "Podvodníci")
Jan Vašák is Attendand (segment
Attendand (segment "Podvodníci")