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Jiří Menzel
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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 f…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Jiří Menzel's Filmography
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CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
as Self
The Interpreter
as Ali Ungár
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
as Self
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
as Self
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
as self
No Poster
Milan Čorba
Signál
as Prokeš
No Poster
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
as Self
No Poster
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
as Self
Operation Dunaj
as Oskar Hazuka
No Poster
Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
as Hořejší
Teddy Bear
as Romanuv otec
No Poster
A bárány utolsó megkísértése
as Leopold Blum
Zimní víla
as Komorí
Pocta V+W
as Self
Daddy
as Self
The Sunken Cemetery
as Doktor Javorski
No Poster
Útek do Budína
as hrabě
As Rita Hayworth's Grandfather Loved
as Pfarrer
All My Loved Ones
as Stein
Franciska vasárnapjai
as államtitkár
Vengeance Is Mine
as Director
Too Loud A Solitude
as Professor
How to Deserve a Princess
as dvorní malíř
Joint Venture
as Prof. Adamec
Everything I Like
as Vasek
The Little Apocalypse
as Stan
No Poster
Dr. Hrabal
The Elementary School
as Gynecologist MUDr. Kalaban
No Poster
Tady vím, proč jsem
as Self
The Gentle Barbarian
as Doktor
Martha and I
as Doctor Benda
Strange Creatures
Larks on a String
as Convict
No Poster
Zvonokosy
as Vincek
No Poster
Stvoření světa
Run, He Is Coming!
Dámská jízda
Albert
as Dustojník
Fandy ó Fandy
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
as Dr. Jánský
No Poster
Švédská zápalka
Passing Fancy
Ferat Vampire
as Dr. Marek
No Poster
Babička se zbláznila
Bulldogs and Cherries
as Waiter
Heart Tremors
No Poster
Povídka Malostranská
as Dr. Krumlovský
No Poster
Hra na telo
Koportos
as A pap
Blue Planet
as Štěpán Pavlík
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
Minden szerdán
as János - államtitkár
The Apple Game
as MUDr. Josef John
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
as profesor matematiky Ludolf
Sechse kommen durch die Welt
as Soldat
Straw Hat
No Poster
Nevěsta
The Cremator
as Dvorak
Crime in the Night Club
as Klaun
Capricious Summer
as Arnoštek
Dita Saxová
as Herbert Lagus
Windstorm
Hotel for Strangers
as Pot-boy
The Return of the Prodigal Son
as Jirí
Daisies
as Jan (voice)
No Poster
Flám
Closely Watched Trains
as Dr. Brabec
No Poster
An Occasion to Speak
as Self
Martin Speaking
Volejte Martina
Searching
Nobody Will Laugh
Pearls of the Deep
as Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
No Poster
Pension pro svobodné pány
If a Thousand Clarinets
as Schulze
Courage for Every Day
as Jarduv kolega
No Poster
Hory hory
A Place in the Crowd
as (segment "Jak se kalí ocel")
Defendant
as obhájce Frantisek Horácek
No Poster
Dobrá rada je nad zlato
