Music by Jan KlusákJiří Šust | Cinematography Jaroslav Kučera | |
Directed by Jiří MenzelJan NěmecEvald SchormVěra ChytilováJaromil Jireš Edited by Miloslav HájekJiřina 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
A couple go to a motorcycle race and talk about motorcycle lore.
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.
Two insurance agents visit an eccentric amateur painter and goat farmer.
A wedding reception takes place at a diner. The guests are able to stay oblivious of the surrounding misery.
A working-class boy becomes infatuated with a Gypsy girl.