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.
Photos
Movies (106)
A Loaf of Bread
2026 · First Assistant Director
Brouk v hlavě
2020 · Stage Director
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018 · Self
The Interpreter
2018 · Ali Ungár
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016 · Self
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
2016 · Self
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
2014 · self
Milan Čorba
2014
The Don Juans
2013 · Director, Writer
Signál
2012 · Prokeš
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
2012 · Self
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
2011 · Self, Director
Operation Dunaj
2009 · Oskar Hazuka, Supervising Art Director
Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
2009 · Hořejší
Teddy Bear
2007 · Romanuv otec
I Served the King of England
2007 · Director, Screenplay
A bárány utolsó megkísértése
2006 · Leopold Blum
Zimní víla
2006 · Komorí
Pocta V+W
2005 · Self
Daddy
2004 · Self
The Sunken Cemetery
2002 · Doktor Javorski
Útek do Budína
2002 · hrabě
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Director, Screenplay
One Moment
2002 · Director
As Rita Hayworth's Grandfather Loved
2001 · Pfarrer
All My Loved Ones
1999 · Stein
Franciska vasárnapjai
1996 · államtitkár
Vengeance Is Mine
1995 · Director
Too Loud A Solitude
1995 · Professor
How to Deserve a Princess
1995 · dvorní malíř
Joint Venture
1995 · Prof. Adamec
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
1994 · Director
Helimadoe
1993 · Dramaturgy
Everything I Like
1993 · Vasek
The Little Apocalypse
1993 · Stan
Dr. Hrabal
1993
The Beggar's Opera
1991 · Director, Adaptation, Creative Producer, Screenplay
The Elementary School
1991 · Gynecologist MUDr. Kalaban
Tady vím, proč jsem
1991 · Self
The Gentle Barbarian
1990 · Doktor
Martha and I
1990 · Doctor Benda
Strange Creatures
1990
The End of Old Times
1990 · Director, Screenplay
Larks on a String
1990 · Convict, Director, Screenplay
Zvonokosy
1990 · Vincek
Audience
1990 · Director
Stvoření světa
1989
Run, He Is Coming!
1987
Dámská jízda
1987
Die Schokoladenschnüffler
1986 · Director
My Sweet Little Village
1985 · Director
Albert
1985 · Dustojník
The Snowdrop Festival
1984 · Director, Screenplay
Fandy ó Fandy
1983
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
1983 · Dr. Jánský
Švédská zápalka
1983
Passing Fancy
1983
Ferat Vampire
1982 · Dr. Marek
Babička se zbláznila
1982
Tři v tom
1981 · Director
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981 · Waiter
Heart Tremors
1981
Cutting It Short
1981 · Director, Screenplay
Povídka Malostranská
1981 · Dr. Krumlovský
Hra na telo
1980
Koportos
1980 · A pap
Blue Planet
1980 · Štěpán Pavlík
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
1979 · Director, Screenplay
Minden szerdán
1979 · János - államtitkár
The Apple Game
1978 · MUDr. Josef John
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
1977 · profesor matematiky Ludolf
Secluded, Near Woods
1976 · Director
Who Looks for Gold?
1974 · Director, Screenplay
Sechse kommen durch die Welt
1972 · Soldat
Straw Hat
1972
Mandragora
1971 · Stage Director, Director
Nevěsta
1970
The Cremator
1969 · Dvorak
Crime in the Night Club
1968 · Klaun, Director, Screenplay
Capricious Summer
1968 · Arnoštek, Director, Screenplay
Dita Saxová
1968 · Herbert Lagus
Windstorm
1967
Hotel for Strangers
1967 · Pot-boy
The Return of the Prodigal Son
1967 · Jirí
Daisies
1966 · Jan (voice)
Flám
1966
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Dr. Brabec, Director, Screenplay
An Occasion to Speak
1966 · Self
Martin Speaking
1966
Volejte Martina
1966
Searching
1966
Crime at the Girls School
1966 · Director, Screenplay
Nobody Will Laugh
1966
Pearls of the Deep
1966 · Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara"), Screenplay, Director
Pension pro svobodné pány
1965
If a Thousand Clarinets
1965 · Schulze
Courage for Every Day
1965 · Jarduv kolega
Hory hory
1964
A Place in the Crowd
1964 · (segment "Jak se kalí ocel")
Defendant
1964 · obhájce Frantisek Horácek
Dobrá rada je nad zlato
1964
Something Different
1963 · First Assistant Director
Our Dear Mr. Foerster Died
1963 · Screenplay, Director
Ceiling
1962
Occasional Journal I
1961 · Director
Blocks of Flats
1960 · Director, Screenplay
TV shows (10)
More Than Words
2018 · Self
Vyprávěj
2009 · Professor Sládeček
Golden Sixties
2009 · Self
Slnko v sieti
2006
Příběhy slavných
2000 · Self
Krásný ztráty
2000 · Self
Pražský písničkář
1997
Hospoda
1996 · MUDr. Prášek - psychiatr
Draculův švagr
1996
Veselé příhody z natáčení
1988 · Self