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