Jiří Menzel
Acting • Born 1938-02-23 – Died 2020-09-05
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.
Filmography
93 credits
Closely Watched Trains
Movie • 1966
Dr. Brabec
Larks on a String
Movie • 1969
Convict
Operation Dunaj
Movie • 2009
Oskar Hazuka
Sechse kommen durch die Welt
Movie • 1972
Soldat
Pocta V+W
Movie • 2005
Self
Capricious Summer
Movie • 1968
Arnoštek
Ferat Vampire
Movie • 1982
Dr. Marek
Hra na telo
Movie • 1980
The Cremator
Movie • 1969
Dvorak
The Apple Game
Movie • 1978
MUDr. Josef John
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
Movie • 1979
Ceiling
Movie • 1962
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Movie • 1967
Jirí
Hory hory
Movie • 1964
A Place in the Crowd
Movie • 1964
(segment "Jak se kalí ocel")
Minden szerdán
Movie • 1979
János - államtitkár
Dobrá rada je nad zlato
Movie • 1964
Searching
Movie • 1966
Pearls of the Deep
Movie • 1966
Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Pension pro svobodné pány
Movie • 1965
Volejte Martina
Movie • 1966
If a Thousand Clarinets
Movie • 1965
Schulze
Martin Speaking
Movie • 1966
Flám
Movie • 1966
Windstorm
Movie • 1967
The Gentle Barbarian
Movie • 1990
Doktor
Too Loud A Solitude
Movie • 1995
Professor
Albert
Movie • 1985
Dustojník
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
Movie • 1983
Dr. Jánský
Nevěsta
Movie • 1970
Straw Hat
Movie • 1972
Joint Venture
Movie • 1995
Prof. Adamec
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
Movie • 2014
self
Daddy
Movie • 2004
Self
Fandy ó Fandy
Movie • 1983
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
Movie • 2012
Self
Signál
Movie • 2012
Prokeš
Passing Fancy
Movie • 1983
Milan Čorba
Movie • 2014
Vengeance Is Mine
Movie • 1995
Director
Koportos
Movie • 1979
A pap
Martha and I
Movie • 1990
Doctor Benda
Martha and I
Movie • 1990
Heart Tremors
Movie • 1981
Dr. Hrabal
Movie • 1993
More Than Words
Movie • 2018
Self
Dita Saxová
Movie • 1968
Herbert Lagus
An Occasion to Speak
Movie • 1966
Self
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Movie • 2016
Self
Everything I Like
Movie • 1993
Vasek
Nobody Will Laugh
Movie • 1966
All My Loved Ones
Movie • 1999
Stein
Courage for Every Day
Movie • 1965
Jarduv kolega
Teddy Bear
Movie • 2007
Romanuv otec
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Movie • 2016
Self
Hotel for Strangers
Movie • 1967
Pot-boy
The Little Apocalypse
Movie • 1993
Stan
The Sunken Cemetery
Movie • 2002
Doktor Javorski
How to Deserve a Princess
Movie • 1995
dvorní malíř
The Interpreter
Movie • 2018
Ali Ungár
Crime in the Night Club
Movie • 1968
Klaun
Zimní víla
Movie • 2006
Komorí
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
Movie • 1977
profesor matematiky Ludolf
Švédská zápalka
Movie • 1983
Daisies
Movie • 1966
Jan (voice)
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
Movie • 2011
Self
Blue Planet
Movie • 1980
Štěpán Pavlík
Bulldogs and Cherries
Movie • 1981
Waiter
Defendant
Movie • 1964
obhájce Frantisek Horácek
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Movie • 2018
Self
Babička se zbláznila
Movie • 1982
Dámská jízda
Movie • 1987
Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
Movie • 2009
Hořejší
Povídka Malostranská
Movie • 1981
Dr. Krumlovský
The Elementary School
Movie • 1991
Gynecologist MUDr. Kalaban
Útek do Budína
Movie • 2002
hrabě
Franciska vasárnapjai
Movie • 1996
államtitkár
A bárány utolsó megkísértése
Movie • 2006
Leopold Blum
Als Großvater Rita Hayworth liebte
Movie • 2001
Pfarrer
Strange Creatures
Movie • 1990
Tady vím, proč jsem
Movie • 1991
Self
Stvoření světa
Movie • 1989
Zvonokosy
Movie • 1990
Vincek
Run, He Is Coming!
Movie • 1987
Hospoda
TV • 1996
MUDr. Prášek - psychiatr
Pražský písničkář
TV • 1997
Příběhy slavných
TV • 2000
Self
Golden Sixties
TV • 2009
Self
Veselé příhody z natáčení
TV • 1988
Self
Krásný ztráty
TV • 2000
Self
Vyprávěj
TV • 2009
Professor Sládeček
Slnko v sieti
TV • 2006
Draculův švagr
TV • 1996