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Pearls of the Deep

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Music by
  
Jan Klusák Jiří Šust

Cinematography
  
Jaroslav Kučera

Directed by
  
Jiří Menzel Jan Němec Evald Schorm Věra Chytilová Jaromil Jireš

Based on
  
Short stories by Bohumil Hrabal

Edited by
  
Miloslav Hájek Jiřina Lukešová

Release date
  
7 January 1966 (1966-01-07)

Pearls of the Deep (Czech: Perličky na dně) is a 1966 Czechoslovak anthology film directed by Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Evald Schorm, Věra Chytilová and Jaromil Jireš. The five segments are all based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal. The film was released in Czechoslovakia on 7 January 1966.

The film was received as a manifesto for the new generation of Czechoslovak filmmakers, and thus became closely associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave.

Plot

"The Death of Mr Balthazar" ("Smrt pana Baltazara"), directed by Jiří Menzel

A couple go to a motorcycle race and talk about motorcycle lore.

"Imposters" ("Podvodníci"), directed by Jan Němec

Two old men who are about to die construct false biographies for themselves. One man claims to have been a successful opera singer and the other a successful journalist.

"House of Joy" ("Dům radosti"), directed by Evald Schorm (22min)

Two insurance agents visit an eccentric amateur painter and goat farmer.

"At the World Cafeteria" ("Automat Svět"), directed by Věra Chytilová

A wedding reception takes place at a diner. The guests are able to stay oblivious of the surrounding misery.

"Romance", directed by Jaromil Jireš

A working-class boy becomes infatuated with a Gypsy girl.

References

Pearls of the Deep Wikipedia