Jiří Menzel

Jiří Menzel

Jiří Menzel (Czech: [ˈjɪriː ˈmɛntsl] is a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine and 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 and the 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.

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Movies starring Jiří Menzel (79)

Teddy Bear (2007)

Romanuv Otec

The Elementary School (1991)

Gynecologist Mudr. Kalaban

Albert (1985)

Dustojník

Blue Planet (1980)

Štěpán Pavlík

Minden szerdán (1979)

János - Államtitkár

The Apple Game (1978)

Mudr. Josef John

30 Maidens and Pythagoras (1977)

Profesor Matematiky Ludolf

Dita Saxová (1968)

Herbert Lagus

Daisies (1966)

Jan (Voice)

Pearls of the Deep (1966)

Cyclist (Segment "Smrt Pana Baltazara")

A Place in the Crowd (1964)

(Segment "Jak Se Kalí Ocel")

Defendant (1964)

Obhájce Frantisek Horácek

Movies Made by Jiří Menzel (30)

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