
Jiří Menzel
Biography
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.
Personal Info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-02-23
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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Cast
Closely Watched Trains
19667.2 / 10
Larks on a String
19906.9 / 10
Operation Dunaj
20095.0 / 10
Sechse kommen durch die Welt
19725.0 / 10
Pocta V+W
20050.0 / 10
Capricious Summer
19686.6 / 10
Ferat Vampire
19825.4 / 10
Hra na telo
19800.0 / 10
The Cremator
19697.8 / 10
The Apple Game
19785.9 / 10
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
19796.2 / 10
Ceiling
19625.3 / 10
The Return of the Prodigal Son
19675.8 / 10
Hory hory
19640.0 / 10
A Place in the Crowd
19640.0 / 10
Minden szerdán
19790.0 / 10
Dobrá rada je nad zlato
19640.0 / 10
Searching
19665.1 / 10
Pearls of the Deep
19666.0 / 10
Pension pro svobodné pány
19656.0 / 10
Volejte Martina
19666.0 / 10
If a Thousand Clarinets
19657.3 / 10
Martin Speaking
19660.0 / 10
Flám
19660.0 / 10
Private Torment
19670.0 / 10
The Gentle Barbarian
19905.3 / 10
Too Loud A Solitude
19957.5 / 10
Albert
19857.0 / 10
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
19836.9 / 10
Nevěsta
19700.0 / 10
Straw Hat
19726.1 / 10
Joint Venture
19952.0 / 10
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
20140.0 / 10
Daddy
20046.3 / 10
Fandy ó Fandy
19834.3 / 10
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
20120.0 / 10
Signál
20124.4 / 10
Passing Fancy
19830.0 / 10
Milan Čorba
20140.0 / 10
Má je pomsta
19952.0 / 10
Koportos
19790.0 / 10
Martha and I
19907.0 / 10
Martha and I
19907.0 / 10
Heart Tremors
19815.3 / 10
Dr. Hrabal
19930.0 / 10
More Than Words
20188.0 / 10
Dita Saxová
19686.2 / 10
An Occasion to Speak
19660.0 / 10
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
20163.3 / 10
Everything I Like
19936.3 / 10
Nobody Will Laugh
19667.0 / 10
All My Loved Ones
19997.2 / 10
Courage for Every Day
19655.9 / 10
Teddy Bear
20075.9 / 10
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
20166.0 / 10
Hotel for Strangers
19675.8 / 10
The Little Apocalypse
19935.4 / 10
The Sunken Cemetery
20020.0 / 10
How to Deserve a Princess
19955.9 / 10
The Interpreter
20186.0 / 10
Crime in the Night Club
19685.9 / 10
Zimní víla
19990.0 / 10
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
19774.3 / 10
Švédská zápalka
19834.5 / 10
Daisies
19667.3 / 10
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
20110.0 / 10
Blue Planet
19802.0 / 10
Bulldogs and Cherries
19814.4 / 10
Defendant
19646.6 / 10
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
20186.5 / 10
Babička se zbláznila
19820.0 / 10
Dámská jízda
19870.0 / 10
Povídka Malostranská
19818.0 / 10
Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
20090.0 / 10
The Elementary School
19917.3 / 10
Útek do Budína
20020.0 / 10
Franciska vasárnapjai
19960.0 / 10
A bárány utolsó megkísértése
20060.0 / 10
Als Großvater Rita Hayworth liebte
20010.0 / 10
Strange Creatures
19906.0 / 10
Crew
Closely Watched Trains
19667.2 / 10
My Sweet Little Village
19857.3 / 10
Larks on a String
19906.9 / 10
Our Mr. Foerster Died
19636.2 / 10
I Served the King of England
20076.9 / 10
Something Different
19636.4 / 10
Brouk v hlavě
20201.0 / 10
The Snowdrop Festival
19846.5 / 10
Capricious Summer
19686.6 / 10
Cutting It Short
19817.3 / 10
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
19796.2 / 10
Secluded, Near Woods
19767.4 / 10
The End of Old Times
19906.4 / 10
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
20026.6 / 10
Pearls of the Deep
19666.0 / 10
The Beggar's Opera
19914.3 / 10
Crime in the Night Club
19685.9 / 10
The Don Juans
20135.0 / 10
Who Looks for Gold?
19745.0 / 10
Die Schokoladenschnüffler
19865.0 / 10
Audience
19906.5 / 10
One Moment
20020.0 / 10
Tři v tom
19810.0 / 10
Mandragora
19710.0 / 10
Crime at the Girls School
19666.4 / 10
Operation Dunaj
20095.0 / 10
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
20110.0 / 10
Prefabricated Houses
19605.5 / 10
Helimadoe
19937.0 / 10