Film
Pearls of the Deep
1966Directed by Věra Chytilová, Evald Schorm, Jaromil Jireš, Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec
Where to watch
Stream
- Criterion Channel
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
About Pearls of the Deep
- Comedy
Synopsis
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.
- Directors
- Věra Chytilová
- Evald Schorm
- Jaromil Jireš
- Jiří Menzel
- Jan Němec
- Writers
- Bohumil Hrabal
- Ladislav Fikar
- Jaromil Jireš
- Jiří Menzel
- Evald Schorm
- Jan Němec
- Original title
- Perličky na dně
Principal cast
In billing order- Pavla MaršálkováMother (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
- Ferdinand KrůtaFather František (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
- Alois VachekDisabled Man (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
- Emil IserleUncle (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
- Miroslav NohýnekLover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
- Slávka ŠpankováLover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")