Pearls of the Deep

1965

Czech

6.5

♡ 1

50%

Vera Chytilová Director

Jirí Menzel as Bicyclist

Václav Chochola as SNB

Emil Iserle as Stryc

Antonín Pokorný as Uredník

A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s directors. Based on stories by the legendary writer Bohumil Hrabal, the shorts range from the surreally chilling to the caustically observant to the casually romantic, but all have a cutting, wily view of the world.