---
title: 'Pearls of the Deep (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jiří Menzel'
released: '1966-01-07'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pearls-of-the-deep-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059581/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pearls of the Deep (1966)

1966 · 107 min · Comedy · Czechoslovakia


## Synopsis

Pearls of the Deep is a 1966 Czechoslovak anthology film directed by Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Evald Schorm, Věra Chytilová and Jaromil Jireš. The five segments are all based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal. The film was released in Czechoslovakia on 7 January 1966.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel), [Evald Schorm](https://cinepixo.com/people/evald-schorm), [Jaromil Jireš](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromil-jires), [Jan Němec](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-nemec), [Věra Chytilová](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-chytilova)
- **Screenplay:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel), [Evald Schorm](https://cinepixo.com/people/evald-schorm), [Jaromil Jireš](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromil-jires), [Jan Němec](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-nemec), [Věra Chytilová](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-chytilova), [Bohumil Hrabal](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohumil-hrabal)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jan Klusák](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-klusak)

## Cast

- [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel)
- [Antonín Pokorný](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-pokorny)
- [Jan Vašák](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-vasak)
- [František Příhoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-prihoda)
- [Ferdinand Krůta](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-kruta)
- [Václav Žák](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-zak)
- [Josef Hejl](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-hejl)
- [Jiří Reichl](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-reichl)
- [Alois Vachek](https://cinepixo.com/people/alois-vachek)
- [Miloš Čtrnáctý](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-ctrnacty)
- [Miroslava Hozová](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslava-hozova)
- [František Příhoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-prihoda-2)
- [Václav Žák](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-zak-2)
- [Josefa Pechlátová](https://cinepixo.com/people/josefa-pechlatova)
- [Vladimír Boudník](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-boudnik)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/pearls-of-the-deep-1966
Film facts: Wikidata (Q16028796); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.