Pearls of the Deep

Name: Pearls of the Deep
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1966-01-07
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Pavla Maršálková, Ferdinand Krůta, Alois Vachek, Emil Iserle, Miroslav Nohýnek

Criterion Channel

5.9(31 votes)

1966

1h 47m

Comedy

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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.