Jiří Menzel

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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 Czech…

  • Acting
  • Born 23 February 1938
  • Died 5 September 2020 (age 82)
  • Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
  • 114 credits

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Most-watched Jiří Menzel films currently: Daisies (1966), The Cremator (1969), My Sweet Little Village (1985), I Served the King of England (2007), The Little Apocalypse (1993).

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Selected TV credits: Krásný ztráty (2000), Vyprávěj (2009), Golden Sixties (2009), Hospoda (1996), Příběhy slavných (2000).

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