Pearls of the Deep

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.

• Bohumil HrabalScreenplay
• Evald SchormDirector
• Jaromil JirešScreenplay
• Evald SchormScreenplay
• Věra ChytilováDirector
• Věra ChytilováScreenplay
• Jiří MenzelDirector
• Jaromil JirešDirector
• Jan NěmecDirector
• Jiří MenzelScreenplay
• Jiří ŠustOriginal Music Composer
• Jan KlusákOriginal Music Composer
• Jan NěmecScreenplay

• 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")
• Bohumil HrabalSpectator (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
• Jiří MenzelCyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
• Miloš ČtrnáctýPatient, Former Singer (segment "Podvodníci")
• František HavelPatient, Former Journalist (segment "Podvodníci")
• Josef HejlBarber (segment "Podvodníci")
• Jan VašákAttendand (segment "Podvodníci")