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Jiří Menzel

Jiří Menzel

Jiří Menzel (Czech: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈmɛntsl̩] was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films are adapted from works by Czech writers such as Bohumil Hrabal and Vladislav Vančura. Menzel, a member of the Czech New Wave, became internationally famous in 1967, when his first feature film, Closely Watched Trains, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His controversial film Larks on a String was filmed in 1969, but was initially banned by the Czechoslovakian government. It was finally released in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime. The film won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. Menzel was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film again in 1986 with his dark comedy My Sweet Little Village. In 1987, he was a member of the jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1989 he was a member of the jury at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1995 he was a member of the jury at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival. He would be conferred with IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2013.

Personal information

Birthday

1938-02-23

Birth Place

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Movies and TV shows :

30 Maidens and Pythagoras

30 Maidens and Pythagoras

1977

4.3

Movie
A Place in the Crowd

A Place in the Crowd

1964

0.0

Movie
Albert

Albert

1985

7.0

Movie
All My Loved Ones

All My Loved Ones

1999

7.2

Movie
An Occasion to Speak

An Occasion to Speak

1966

0.0

Movie
Babička se zbláznila

Babička se zbláznila

1982

0.0

Movie
Blue Planet

Blue Planet

1980

2.0

Movie
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“

Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“

2014

0.0

Movie
Bulldogs and Cherries

Bulldogs and Cherries

1981

4.4

Movie
Capricious Summer

Capricious Summer

1968

6.6

Movie
Ceiling

Ceiling

1962

5.1

Movie
Closely Watched Trains

Closely Watched Trains

1966

7.3

Movie
Courage for Every Day

Courage for Every Day

1965

5.9

Movie
Crime in the Night Club

Crime in the Night Club

1968

5.9

Movie
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

2018

6.5

Movie
Daddy

Daddy

2004

6.3

Movie
Daisies

Daisies

1966

7.3

Movie
Dámská jízda

Dámská jízda

1987

0.0

Movie
Defendant

Defendant

1964

6.6

Movie
Dita Saxová

Dita Saxová

1968

6.2

Movie
Dobrá rada je nad zlato

Dobrá rada je nad zlato

1964

0.0

Movie
Dr. Hrabal

Dr. Hrabal

1993

0.0

Movie
Everything I Like

Everything I Like

1993

6.4

Movie
Fandy ó Fandy

Fandy ó Fandy

1983

4.3

Movie
Ferat Vampire

Ferat Vampire

1982

5.6

Movie
Flám

Flám

1966

0.0

Movie
poster

Golden Sixties

2009

0.0

TV
Heart Tremors

Heart Tremors

1981

5.3

Movie
Hearty Greetings from the Globe

Hearty Greetings from the Globe

1983

6.9

Movie
Hory hory

Hory hory

1964

0.0

Movie
poster

Hospoda

1996

7.0

TV
Hotel for Strangers

Hotel for Strangers

1967

5.8

Movie
How to Deserve a Princess

How to Deserve a Princess

1995

5.9

Movie
Hra na telo

Hra na telo

1980

0.0

Movie
If a Thousand Clarinets

If a Thousand Clarinets

1965

7.3

Movie
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions

Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions

2011

0.0

Movie
Joint Venture

Joint Venture

1995

2.0

Movie
Koportos

Koportos

1979

0.0

Movie
poster

Krásný ztráty

2000

5.7

TV
Larks on a String

Larks on a String

1990

6.9

Movie
Má je pomsta

Má je pomsta

1995

2.0

Movie
Martha and I

Martha and I

1990

7.0

Movie
Martin Speaking

Martin Speaking

1966

0.0

Movie
Milan Čorba

Milan Čorba

2014

0.0

Movie
Minden szerdán

Minden szerdán

1979

0.0

Movie
More Than Words

More Than Words

2018

8.0

Movie
Nevěsta

Nevěsta

1970

0.0

Movie
Nobody Will Laugh

Nobody Will Laugh

1966

7.0

Movie
Operation Dunaj

Operation Dunaj

2009

5.0

Movie
Passing Fancy

Passing Fancy

1983

0.0

Movie
Pearls of the Deep

Pearls of the Deep

1966

6.0

Movie
Pension pro svobodné pány

Pension pro svobodné pány

1965

6.0

Movie
Pocta V+W

Pocta V+W

2005

0.0

Movie
Povídka Malostranská

Povídka Malostranská

1981

8.0

Movie
poster

Pražský písničkář

1997

0.0

TV
poster

Příběhy slavných

2000

7.0

TV
Private Torment

Private Torment

1967

0.0

Movie
Searching

Searching

1966

5.1

Movie
Sechse kommen durch die Welt

Sechse kommen durch die Welt

1972

5.0

Movie
Setkání v Praze, s vraždou

Setkání v Praze, s vraždou

2009

0.0

Movie
Signál

Signál

2012

4.4

Movie
Straw Hat

Straw Hat

1972

6.1

Movie
Švédská zápalka

Švédská zápalka

1983

4.5

Movie
Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear

2007

5.9

Movie
The Apple Game

The Apple Game

1978

5.9

Movie
The Cremator

The Cremator

1969

7.8

Movie
The Elementary School

The Elementary School

1991

7.3

Movie
The Gentle Barbarian

The Gentle Barbarian

1990

5.3

Movie
The Interpreter

The Interpreter

2018

6.0

Movie
The Little Apocalypse

The Little Apocalypse

1993

5.2

Movie
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

0.0

Movie
The Return of the Prodigal Son

The Return of the Prodigal Son

1967

5.8

Movie
The Sunken Cemetery

The Sunken Cemetery

2002

0.0

Movie
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

2016

3.3

Movie
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks

Those Wonderful Movie Cranks

1979

6.0

Movie
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

2016

6.0

Movie
Too Loud A Solitude

Too Loud A Solitude

1995

7.5

Movie
Útek do Budína

Útek do Budína

2002

0.0

Movie
poster

Veselé příhody z natáčení

1988

0.0

TV
Volejte Martina

Volejte Martina

1966

6.0

Movie
poster

Vyprávěj

2009

7.2

TV
Zimní víla

Zimní víla

1999

0.0

Movie