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Directed by | Jiří Menzel Jan Němec Evald Schorm Věra Chytilová Jaromil Jireš |
Based on | Short stories by Bohumil Hrabal |
Cinematography | Jaroslav Kučera |
Edited by | Miloslav Hájek Jiřina Lukešová |
Music by | Jan Klusák Jiří Šust |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Czechoslovakia |
Language | Czech |
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.[1]
The film was received as a manifesto for the new generation of Czechoslovak filmmakers, and thus became closely associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave.[2]
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Juraj Herz originally made his short film The Junk Shop to be included in this movie, but it was omitted due to the running time.[3]