Jirí Menzel

Q: Did Jiří Menzel win any awards during his career?

Yes, Jiří Menzel won several awards, including an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1968 and multiple Czech Lion Awards for his contributions to cinema.

Q: What was Jiří Menzel's first film?

Jiří Menzel's first film was 'Císařův pekař a pekařův císař' in 1951, although he gained significant recognition later in his career.

Q: What is Jiří Menzel known for in his acting style?

Jiří Menzel was known for his ability to blend humor with serious themes, often portraying characters that reflected the complexities of life in Czech society.

Q: What was Jiří Menzel's contribution to theatre?

In addition to his film work, Jiří Menzel was influential in theatre, directing several plays and collaborating with prominent Czech playwrights.

Q: How many children did Jiří Menzel have?

Jiří Menzel had two children, Václav Menzel and Anna Menzelová, both of whom have been involved in the arts.

Q: What is Jiří Menzel's estimated net worth?

Jiří Menzel's estimated net worth was around 5 million USD at the time of his passing, reflecting his successful career in film and theatre.

Q: What legacy did Jiří Menzel leave in Czech cinema?

Jiří Menzel left a profound legacy in Czech cinema, influencing generations of filmmakers and actors with his unique storytelling and dedication to the art of film.

Known for

The Prague Mysteries (2022)

IMDb 6.7 / 10

2022 / Crime, Drama

The Inspector Hynek Budik as been assigned chief of police in the area on the outskirts of Prague, With detectives Martin Novacek an inexperienced...

Name

Jirí Menzel

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Born

23 February 1938, Prague, Czechoslovakia

Spouses

Jiřina Menzelová (1962–2020)

Children

2 children: Václav Menzel, Anna Menzelová

Parents

Josef Menzel, Anna Menzelová

Estimated Net Worth

5 million USD

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2018	Movie CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2018	Movie The Interpreter 80-year-old Ali Ungar comes across a book by a former SS officer describing his wartime activities in Slovakia. He realises...	Ali Ungár	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2018	TV More Than Words The miniseries explores the possibilities and ways of behavior in non-verbal communication, primarily movements, gestures and ways of expression, but...	Self	Not rated
2016	Movie To Make a Comedy Is No Fun Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica, István Szabó and...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2016	Movie The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street The film tells the life story of its director, Jan Nemec, one of the most known and important filmmakers of...	Self	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2014	Movie Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“	self	Not rated
2014	Movie Milan Čorba	Unknown character	Not rated
2012	Movie Signál Two young technicians, Filos and Kája, come to a small village that is a bit cut off from the rest...	Prokeš	TMDB 3.8 / 10
2012	Movie The Presence of Arnošt Lustig "A man is immortal as long as he lives in the memory of others,” said well-known Czech writer Arnošt Lustig...	Self	Not rated
2011	Movie Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions An idiosyncratic reflection on the film Larks on a String and its history, shot by it's director Jiri Menzel.	Self	Not rated
2009	TV Vyprávěj Set in Czechoslovakia, the drama follows the lives of its characters against the backdrop of real historical events that shape...	Professor Sládeček	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2009	Movie Operation Dunaj Operation Danube was the cover name for the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact armies in August 1968. The fleet...	Oskar Hazuka	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2009	Movie Setkání v Praze, s vraždou After many years, Anka Lomnická, a former countess and emigrant, arrives in Prague. By chance, she finds herself seated next...	Hořejší	Not rated
2009	TV Golden Sixties Television series Golden Sixties examines new insights into Czech and Slovak cinema of the 1960s and the role of the...	Self	Not rated
2007	Movie Teddy Bear Jirka, Roman, and Ivan have been friends since school. Today they are about 35 and, although they went into different...	Romanuv otec	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2006	TV Slnko v sieti	Unknown character	Not rated
2006	Movie A bárány utolsó megkísértése	Leopold Blum	Not rated
2006	Movie Zimní víla Kateřina works at an inn run by her evil stepmother. One day, she meets a young man she doesn't know...	Komorí	Not rated
2005	Movie Pocta V+W Jiří Suchý recalls two of the most prominent artistic and creative figures in Czechoslovak culture of the last century: Jiří...	Self	Not rated
2004	Movie Daddy This film is a documentary-style look at the life of the beloved Czech actor, Zdeněk Svěrák.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2002	Movie The Sunken Cemetery Ivan, in his early forties, returns, after many years of absence to his native town - a typical Middle -...	Doktor Javorski	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2002	Movie Útek do Budína The love story of students Jana and Tomáš begins in Prague just after the establishment of the First Republic. Their...	hrabě	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2001	Movie Als Großvater Rita Hayworth liebte The story of a family that is forced to flee the ČSSR in 1969 and seeks a new home in...	Pfarrer	Not rated
2000	TV Příběhy slavných	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2000	TV Krásný ztráty	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1999	Movie All My Loved Ones Told from the perspective of man reflecting on his childhood in Prague in the early years of World War II...	Stein	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1997	TV Pražský písničkář	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1996	TV Hospoda Hospoda is a Czech television comedy series which premiered on TV Nova. From 1996 to 1997, 52 episodes were aired.	MUDr. Prášek - psychiatr	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1996	Movie Franciska vasárnapjai	államtitkár	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1996	TV Draculův švagr	Unknown character	Not rated
1995	Movie Vengeance Is Mine A celebrated theatre director’s perfect life unravels when his wife’s secret lover exposes the hollowness beneath his success, leading to...	Director	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1995	Movie Too Loud A Solitude An elderly paper-crusher branded a fool in Prague secretly stashes condemned books, preserving their contents and extrapolating from them eccentric...	Professor	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1995	Movie How to Deserve a Princess A fairy tale of three brothers who try to save a princess kidnapped by an evil wizard.	dvorní malíř	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1995	Movie Joint Venture Prague 1994, hotbed of international profiteers. Here you can still find buyers for discarded everyday objects, here you can still...	Prof. Adamec	TMDB 3.7 / 10
1993	Movie Everything I Like A film about the uncertainties faced by a man in post-Communist Slovakia, his relationship with a teenage son and English...	Vasek	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1993	Movie The Little Apocalypse An unknown Polish writer can't publish his novels, so his ex-wife decides to help him and get some of the...	Stan	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1993	Movie Dr. Hrabal A film impression about Bohumil Hrabal - an encounter with the man and his literary work. The film was shot...	Unknown character	Not rated
1991	Movie The Elementary School The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In...	Gynecologist MUDr. Kalaban	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1991	Movie Tady vím, proč jsem	Self	Not rated
1990	Movie Martha and I Emil (Vaclav Chalupa as a teen, Ondrej Vetchy as an adult) has been naughty, and his family is at a...	Doctor Benda	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1990	Movie The Gentle Barbarian A commemorative and essayistic meditative piece on the Prague quarter Libeň during the 1950s.	Doktor	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1990	Movie Strange Creatures A parable for the end of totalitarianism. Three protagonists - a high official, a secretary, and a border guard -...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1990	Movie Zvonokosy	Vincek	Not rated
1989	Movie Stvoření světa	Unknown character	Not rated
1988	TV Veselé příhody z natáčení	Self	Not rated
1987	Movie Run, He Is Coming! A comedy about happiness, Indian magic and adultery. One day Mr and Mrs Sysel happen to solve the problem of...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1987	Movie Dámská jízda	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1985	Movie Albert Story of an extraordinary musician, violinist, who was famous, but his alcoholism led him to poverty. Now he is playing...	Dustojník	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1983	Movie Fandy ó Fandy Little kids, little worries, big kids, big worries, sighs many a parent often. This is no different for the mother...	Unknown character	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1983	Movie Hearty Greetings from the Globe Two aliens stir up trouble on Earth in order to study humans. Misunderstandings ensue.	Dr. Jánský	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1983	Movie Švédská zápalka The aging police commissioner, who has a twenty-five-year-old fiancée, Olga, is disturbed at his sixtieth birthday party by the news...	Unknown character	TMDB 3.3 / 10
1983	Movie Passing Fancy The main character of the story which takes place in the twenties in Budapest is the poet Dr. Rácz György,...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1982	Movie Ferat Vampire A doctor is shocked when his beloved colleague Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to...	Dr. Marek	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1982	Movie Babička se zbláznila	Unknown character	Not rated
1981	Movie Bulldogs and Cherries The dreaded Italian mafioso, Marian Labuda, will also be convinced. Mafioso Carmello was guilty of the principles of his organization...	Waiter	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1981	Movie Heart Tremors The general practitioner Balla and his wife abandoning her higher education begin their common life in the small mountain village...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1981	Movie Povídka Malostranská A young man studying law finds a place to stay with a young conductor, thinking that he will find an...	Dr. Krumlovský	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1980	Movie Hra na telo	Unknown character	Not rated
1980	Movie Koportos A Roma laborer living in a shantytown strives to organize a traditional, dignified funeral for his wife following her sudden...	A pap	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1980	Movie Blue Planet A young engineer, Štěpán Pavlík, dreams of becoming a cosmonaut.	Štěpán Pavlík	TMDB 3.7 / 10
1979	Movie Those Wonderful Movie Cranks Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte, an owner of a circus caravan, meets his dying colleague who entrusts his...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1979	Movie Minden szerdán Stephen, living in a troubled family, breaks into a grocery store and wreaks vandalism. He is sent to a reform...	János - államtitkár	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1978	Movie The Apple Game Sarcastic comedy about the Czechoslovakia of the seventies. A young gynaecologist can't figure out whether to get serious with a...	MUDr. Josef John	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1977	Movie 30 Maidens and Pythagoras A musical starring Jiří Menzel (whose part is sung by Achilles Michailidis) as a math and physics teacher employing innovative...	profesor matematiky Ludolf	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1972	Movie Sechse kommen durch die Welt The King of Malabunt has won another war, after decorating himself and his three wooden marshals, he dismisses his army...	Soldat	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1972	Movie Straw Hat Slacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as it seems, to marry...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1970	Movie Nevěsta The female employees of the poultry-processing factory find relief from their monotonous work in chatting about weddings and marriages. The...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1969	Movie The Cremator In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.	Dvorak	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1969	Movie Larks on a String In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is...	Convict	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1968	Movie Crime in the Night Club The theft of a pearl necklace and subsequent murder took place at the Tartaros cabaret. All this could compromise the...	Klaun	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1968	Movie Capricious Summer Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then...	Arnoštek	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1968	Movie Dita Saxová In 1947 Prague, Holocaust survivor Dita lives in a hostel for orphans, acting as a protective mentor to a younger...	Herbert Lagus	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1967	Movie Windstorm A worker steals bits and pieces of building materials from work to construct a new home for himself and his...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1967	Movie Hotel for Strangers A gifted poet checks into a Gothic hotel in hopes of meeting the woman with whom he has long been...	Pot-boy	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1967	Movie The Return of the Prodigal Son Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after his unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. His...	Jirí	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1966	Movie Daisies Two teenage girls embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world around them.	Jan (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1966	Movie Flám A comedy about a charismatic man who lacks the confidence of his surroundings. However, he was not completely satisfied with...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1966	Movie Closely Watched Trains At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious...	Dr. Brabec	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1966	Movie An Occasion to Speak Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.	Self	Not rated
1966	Movie Martin Speaking The second installment of children's stories investigator Dr. Martin. The film has two stories:	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1966	Movie Volejte Martina The series of children's films about Detective Martin, who intervenes in cases involving children, begins with this film. It consists...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1966	Movie Searching Michal's father and his friends are stigmatized by their war experience and the post-war social deformations in which they took...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1966	Movie Nobody Will Laugh A successful art historian who has trouble telling people difficult truths, finds himself in an inescapable situation when a small...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1966	Movie Pearls of the Deep A quintet of vignettes based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal: an eventful trip to the motorcycle races results in...	Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1965	Movie Pension pro svobodné pány A young man living in a strictly run boarding house secretly brings a girl of loose morals into his room...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1965	Movie If a Thousand Clarinets A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into music...	Schulze	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1965	Movie Courage for Every Day A passionate communist worker is discouraged by the changing political climate and the failure of his peers to live up...	Jarduv kolega	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1964	Movie Hory hory	Unknown character	Not rated
1964	Movie A Place in the Crowd A film in five episodes, all based on an attempt to show the life of young people today, their feelings...	(segment "Jak se kalí ocel")	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1964	Movie Defendant Managers at the construction of a big hydro plant are accused of having embezzled money.	obhájce Frantisek Horácek	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1964	Movie Dobrá rada je nad zlato	Unknown character	Not rated
1962	Movie Ceiling The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model....	Unknown character	TMDB 5.6 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2020	Movie Brouk v hlavě A recording of the final performance of the famous production of G. Feydeau's comedy, directed by Jiří Menzel, which was...	Stage Director Directing	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2013	Movie The Don Juans An opera troupe in a small town decides to perform Mozart's Don Giovanni. The view behind the scenes uncovers the...	Writer Writing	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2013	Movie The Don Juans An opera troupe in a small town decides to perform Mozart's Don Giovanni. The view behind the scenes uncovers the...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2011	Movie Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions An idiosyncratic reflection on the film Larks on a String and its history, shot by it's director Jiri Menzel.	Director Directing	Not rated
2009	Movie Operation Dunaj Operation Danube was the cover name for the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact armies in August 1968. The fleet...	Supervising Art Director Art	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2007	Movie I Served the King of England Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2007	Movie I Served the King of England Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2002	Movie Ten Minutes Older: The Cello Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting married and having a...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2002	Movie Ten Minutes Older: The Cello Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting married and having a...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2002	Movie One Moment Poetic, affectionate, lyrical, and elegy for actor Rudolf Hrusinsky composed of a wordless montage of slowed film footage spanning Hrusinsky’s...	Director Directing	Not rated
1994	Movie The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1993	Movie Helimadoe A lyrical story from the beginning of 20th century, with the atmosphere of a small-town environment, distinctive characters, and a...	Dramaturgy Crew	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1991	Movie The Beggar's Opera Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1991	Movie The Beggar's Opera Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning...	Creative Producer Writing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1991	Movie The Beggar's Opera Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1991	Movie The Beggar's Opera Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning...	Adaptation Writing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1990	Movie The End of Old Times Czechoslovakia 1918. The newly formed National Assembly has made Stoklasa the administrator of the Kratochvile Castle. Although with no aristocratic...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1990	Movie The End of Old Times Czechoslovakia 1918. The newly formed National Assembly has made Stoklasa the administrator of the Kratochvile Castle. Although with no aristocratic...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1990	Movie Audience A recording of the legendary production “Audience“ from the Prague Drama Club with Josef Abrhám and Pavel Landovský. In 1975,...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1986	Movie Die Schokoladenschnüffler A crime comedy directed by Jirí Menzel, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1985	Movie My Sweet Little Village The movie's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a young man, in a tight-knit village community. The sweet-tempered Otík...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1984	Movie The Snowdrop Festival An episodic film about the inhabitants of Kersko, their hardships and their joys, most prominently hunting. A lyrical and humorous...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1984	Movie The Snowdrop Festival An episodic film about the inhabitants of Kersko, their hardships and their joys, most prominently hunting. A lyrical and humorous...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1981	Movie Tři v tom How to marry off two daughters and a maid, especially when the father has no idea that it's high time?...	Director Directing	Not rated
1981	Movie Cutting It Short Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town....	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1981	Movie Cutting It Short Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town....	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1979	Movie Those Wonderful Movie Cranks Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte, an owner of a circus caravan, meets his dying colleague who entrusts his...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1979	Movie Those Wonderful Movie Cranks Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte, an owner of a circus caravan, meets his dying colleague who entrusts his...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1976	Movie Secluded, Near Woods The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However,...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1974	Movie Who Looks for Gold? When he returns to Prague from a stint in the Army, Lada does not seem to fit in anywhere, and...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1974	Movie Who Looks for Gold? When he returns to Prague from a stint in the Army, Lada does not seem to fit in anywhere, and...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1971	Movie Mandragora	Stage Director Directing	Not rated
1971	Movie Mandragora	Director Directing	Not rated
1969	Movie Larks on a String In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1969	Movie Larks on a String In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1968	Movie Crime in the Night Club The theft of a pearl necklace and subsequent murder took place at the Tartaros cabaret. All this could compromise the...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1968	Movie Crime in the Night Club The theft of a pearl necklace and subsequent murder took place at the Tartaros cabaret. All this could compromise the...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1968	Movie Capricious Summer Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1968	Movie Capricious Summer Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1966	Movie Closely Watched Trains At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1966	Movie Closely Watched Trains At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1966	Movie Crime at the Girls School Three short story omnibus. The main hero and connecting link is Lieutenant Boruvka, created by Lubomír Lipsky. He deals with...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1966	Movie Crime at the Girls School Three short story omnibus. The main hero and connecting link is Lieutenant Boruvka, created by Lubomír Lipsky. He deals with...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1966	Movie Pearls of the Deep A quintet of vignettes based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal: an eventful trip to the motorcycle races results in...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1966	Movie Pearls of the Deep A quintet of vignettes based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal: an eventful trip to the motorcycle races results in...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1963	Movie Something Different In her first feature, Věra Chytilová uses a combination of documentary and fiction film techniques to tell two stories in...	First Assistant Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1963	Movie Our Dear Mr. Foerster Died On a sunny afternoon an old man speaks to a laundress about his love for Provence, then a black flag...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1963	Movie Our Dear Mr. Foerster Died On a sunny afternoon an old man speaks to a laundress about his love for Provence, then a black flag...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1960	Movie Blocks of Flats A student work by Jiří Menzel, filmed during his second year at the FAMU film school. Views of old Prague...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1960	Movie Blocks of Flats A student work by Jiří Menzel, filmed during his second year at the FAMU film school. Views of old Prague...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

2018 / TMDB 6.5

The Interpreter

2018 / TMDB 5.5

To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

2016 / TMDB 5.8

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

2016 / TMDB 3.0

Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“

2014

Milan Čorba

2014

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Known for

The Prague Mysteries (2022)

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Latest Release

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

The Interpreter