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.

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  Květa Ondráková
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  Zdenka Petřková
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  Věra Chytilová
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  Evald Schorm
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  Jaromil Jireš
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  Jiří Menzel
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  Jan Němec
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  Zdenka Karlovská

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  Pavla Maršálková
  Mother (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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  Ferdinand Krůta
  Father František (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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  Alois Vachek
  Disabled Man (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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  Emil Iserle
  Uncle (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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  Miroslav Nohýnek
  Lover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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  Slávka Španková
  Lover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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  Bohumil Hrabal
  Spectator (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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  Jiří Menzel
  Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
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  Miloš Čtrnáctý
  Patient, Former Singer (segment "Podvodníci")
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  František Havel
  Patient, Former Journalist (segment "Podvodníci")
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  Josef Hejl
  Barber (segment "Podvodníci")
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  Jan Vašák
  Attendand (segment "Podvodníci")
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  Jiří Reichl
  Young Man with Fracture (segment "Podvodníci")
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  Josefa Pechlátová
  Mother (segment "Dům radosti")
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  Václav Žák
  Painter (segment "Dům radosti")
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  Ivan Vyskočil
  Insurance Agent (segment "Dům radosti")
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  Antonín Pokorný
  Insurance Agent (segment "Dům radosti")
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  Věra Mrázkova
  Bride (segment "Automat Svět")
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  Vladimír Boudník
  Art Designer (segment "Automat Svět")