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Where to Watch Pearls of the Deep (1966)
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.
Comedy 107 min 5.9/10 from 31 votes
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- Pavla Maršálková as Mother (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
- Ferdinand Krůta as Father František (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
- Alois Vachek as Disabled Man (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
- Emil Iserle as Uncle (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
- Miroslav Nohýnek as Lover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")