CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018)

09/16/2018 (IN) • 7h 28m

Documentary

A provocative, witty and intimate insight into one of cinema's most important movements

Overview

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

czechoslovakia

director

communism

1960s

czech new wave

film school

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