Jiří Menzel
Acting
92 titles
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.
Filmography
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
The Interpreter
2018
More Than Words
2018
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
2016
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
2014
Milan Čorba
2014
Signál
2012
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
2012
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
2011
Vyprávěj
2009
Operation Dunaj
2009
Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
2009
Golden Sixties
2009
Teddy Bear
2007
Slnko v sieti
2006
A bárány utolsó megkísértése
2006
Zimní víla
2006
Pocta V+W
2005
Daddy
2004
The Sunken Cemetery
2002
Útek do Budína
2002
Als Großvater Rita Hayworth liebte
2001
Příběhy slavných
2000
Krásný ztráty
2000
All My Loved Ones
1999
Pražský písničkář
1997
Hospoda
1996
Franciska vasárnapjai
1996
Draculův švagr
1996
Vengeance Is Mine
1995
Too Loud A Solitude
1995
How to Deserve a Princess
1995
Joint Venture
1995
Everything I Like
1993
The Little Apocalypse
1993
Dr. Hrabal
1993
The Elementary School
1991
Tady vím, proč jsem
1991
The Gentle Barbarian
1990
Martha and I
1990
Strange Creatures
1990
Zvonokosy
1990
Stvoření světa
1989
Veselé příhody z natáčení
1988
Run, He Is Coming!
1987
Dámská jízda
1987
Albert
1985
Fandy ó Fandy
1983
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
1983
Švédská zápalka
1983
Passing Fancy
1983
Ferat Vampire
1982
Babička se zbláznila
1982
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981
Heart Tremors
1981
Povídka Malostranská
1981
Hra na telo
1980
Koportos
1980
Blue Planet
1980
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
1979
Minden szerdán
1979
The Apple Game
1978
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
1977
Sechse kommen durch die Welt
1972
Straw Hat
1972
Nevěsta
1970
The Cremator
1969
Larks on a String
1969
Crime in the Night Club
1968
Capricious Summer
1968
Dita Saxová
1968
Windstorm
1967
Hotel for Strangers
1967
The Return of the Prodigal Son
1967
Daisies
1966
Flám
1966
Closely Watched Trains
1966
An Occasion to Speak
1966
Martin Speaking
1966
Volejte Martina
1966
Searching
1966
Nobody Will Laugh
1966
Pearls of the Deep
1966
Pension pro svobodné pány
1965
If a Thousand Clarinets
1965
Courage for Every Day
1965
Hory hory
1964
A Place in the Crowd
1964
Defendant
1964
Dobrá rada je nad zlato
1964
Ceiling
1962