'' Larks on a String '' ( ) is a 1969 Czech film directed by Jiří Menzel . The film was banned by the Czechoslovak government , but was later released in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime . It tells the stories of various characters considered bourgeois by Czechoslovakia 's communist government in the 1950s , who have been forced to work in a junkyard for the purposes of re-education . It won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival
40th Berlin International Film Festival
40th Berlin International Film Festival
Larks on a String