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Pearls of the Deep (1965) on Netflix

NR19651h 47mComedyDrama

Five separate stories. A couple bring their father to a motorcycle race, two elderly hospital patients invent past careers, and a bride holds her reception in a busy cafeteria.

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  • IMDb6.4/10903 votes
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A couple bring their elderly father to a motorcycle race, where the wife can name a machine by its engine sound. Two old men in a hospital each claim a successful past, one as an opera singer, one as a journalist, and each prefers to hear the other's account. Two insurance agents call on a painter who keeps goats and lives with his mother, expecting an easy sale. A bride holds her wedding reception in one corner of a self-serve cafeteria. A working-class boy alone in town is drawn to a Roma girl.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Pearls of the Deep (1965)

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  • Juraj Herz originally made his short film The Junk Shop for this film, but it was omitted due to the running time.
  • The film was received as a manifesto for the new generation of Czechoslovak filmmakers and became closely associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave.

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