Jiří Menzel
Known for: Acting
Born: February 23, 1938
Died: September 5, 2020
Place of birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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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Filmography
104 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
4.0
Brouk v hlavě
2020
6.5
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
5.5
The Interpreter
2018
NR
More Than Words
2018
5.8
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
2.8
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
2016
NR
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
2014NR
Milan Čorba
2014
4.9
The Don Juans
2013
3.8
Signál
2012NR
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
2012NR
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
2011
7.3
Vyprávěj
2009
5.2
Operation Dunaj
2009NR
Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
2009NR
Golden Sixties
2009
5.1
Teddy Bear
2007
6.8
I Served the King of England
2007NR
Slnko v sieti
2006NR
A bárány utolsó megkísértése
2006
NR
Zimní víla
2006
NR
Pocta V+W
2005
7.0
Daddy
2004
9.0
The Sunken Cemetery
20026.5
Útek do Budína
2002
6.6
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002
NR
One Moment
2002
NR
Als Großvater Rita Hayworth liebte
2001
7.0
Příběhy slavných
2000
6.0
Krásný ztráty
2000
7.2
All My Loved Ones
1999
9.0
Pražský písničkář
1997
7.0
Hospoda
1996
9.0
Franciska vasárnapjai
1996
NR
Draculův švagr
1996
4.3
Vengeance Is Mine
1995
8.0
Too Loud A Solitude
1995
6.1
How to Deserve a Princess
1995
4.5
Joint Venture
1995
6.6
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
1994
6.0
Helimadoe
1993
6.9
Everything I Like
1993
6.0
The Little Apocalypse
1993NR
Dr. Hrabal
1993
5.2
The Beggar's Opera
1991
7.4
The Elementary School
1991NR
Tady vím, proč jsem
1991
6.0
The Gentle Barbarian
1990
7.0
Martha and I
1990
8.0
Strange Creatures
1990
6.3
The End of Old Times
1990
6.9
Larks on a String
1990NR
Zvonokosy
1990
6.5
Audience
1990NR
Stvoření světa
1989
NR
Veselé příhody z natáčení
1988
5.2
Run, He Is Coming!
1987
7.0
Dámská jízda
1987
6.3
Die Schokoladenschnüffler
1986
7.4
My Sweet Little Village
1985
7.5
Albert
1985
6.6
The Snowdrop Festival
1984
4.6
Fandy ó Fandy
1983
6.9
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
19833.3
Švédská zápalka
1983
7.0
Passing Fancy
1983
5.4
Ferat Vampire
1982NR
Babička se zbláznila
1982NR
Tři v tom
1981
4.3
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981
5.2
Heart Tremors
1981
7.0
Cutting It Short
19818.5
Povídka Malostranská
1981NR
Hra na telo
1980
6.5
Koportos
1980
3.7
Blue Planet
1980
6.5
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
1979
7.0
Minden szerdán
1979
6.1
The Apple Game
1978
4.6
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
1977
7.3
Secluded, Near Woods
1976
5.6
Who Looks for Gold?
1974
5.3
Sechse kommen durch die Welt
1972
5.6
Straw Hat
1972
NR
Mandragora
19717.0
Nevěsta
1970
7.8
The Cremator
1969
6.3
Crime in the Night Club
1968
6.4
Capricious Summer
1968
5.9
Dita Saxová
1968
5.0
Windstorm
1967
6.2
Hotel for Strangers
1967
5.9
The Return of the Prodigal Son
1967
7.3
Daisies
19667.0
Flám
1966
7.2
Closely Watched Trains
1966NR
An Occasion to Speak
1966
7.0
Martin Speaking
1966
6.7
Volejte Martina
1966
5.4
Searching
1966
6.4
Crime at the Girls School
1966
5.8
Nobody Will Laugh
1966
5.8
Pearls of the Deep
19666.0
Pension pro svobodné pány
1965
7.5
If a Thousand Clarinets
1965
6.2
Courage for Every Day
1965NR
Hory hory
1964
8.0
A Place in the Crowd
1964
6.9
Defendant
1964NR
Dobrá rada je nad zlato
1964
6.4
Something Different
1963
6.5
Our Dear Mr. Foerster Died
1963
5.5
Ceiling
1962
7.0
Blocks of Flats
1960