Jiří Menzel

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-02-23 (82 years old)

Deathday

2020-09-05

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

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 ...

Acting

1966

1990

2009

Operation Dunaj

as Oskar Hazuka

2005

Pocta V+W

as Self

1968

Capricious Summer

as Arnoštek

1982

Ferat Vampire

as Dr. Marek

1969

The Cremator

as Dvorak

1978

The Apple Game

as MUDr. Josef John

1964

A Place in the Crowd

as (segment "Jak se kalí ocel")

1979

Minden szerdán

as János - államtitkár

1966

Pearls of the Deep

as Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")

1966

1995

1985

Albert

as Dustojník

1995

Joint Venture

as Prof. Adamec

2004

Daddy

as Self

2012

Signál

as Prokeš

1979

Koportos

as A pap

1990

Martha and I

as Doctor Benda

2018

1968

Dita Saxová

as Herbert Lagus

1993

1999

1965

Courage for Every Day

as Jarduv kolega

2007

Teddy Bear

as Romanuv otec

1967

2002

The Sunken Cemetery

as Doktor Javorski

1995

How to Deserve a Princess

as dvorní malíř

2018

The Interpreter

as Ali Ungár

1999

Zimní víla

as Komorí

1977

30 Maidens and Pythagoras

as profesor matematiky Ludolf

1966

Daisies

as Jan (voice)

1980

Blue Planet

as Štěpán Pavlík

1964

Defendant

as obhájce Frantisek Horácek

1981

Povídka Malostranská

as Dr. Krumlovský

1991

The Elementary School

as Gynecologist MUDr. Kalaban

2002

1996

Franciska vasárnapjai

as államtitkár

Production

1966

1966

1990

1990

Larks on a String

as Screenplay

1963

1963

Something Different

as First Assistant Director

2020

Brouk v hlavě

as Stage Director

1984

1968

1968

Capricious Summer

as Screenplay

1981

Cutting It Short

as Director

1976

1990

1966

1966

Pearls of the Deep

as Screenplay

1991

1968

2013

The Don Juans

as Director

2013

The Don Juans

as Writer

1974

1974

Who Looks for Gold?

as Screenplay

1990

Audience

as Director

1963

1984

2002

One Moment

as Director

1991

The Beggar's Opera

as Adaptation

1981

Cutting It Short

as Screenplay

1981

Tři v tom

as Director

1971

Mandragora

as Director

1966

2009

Operation Dunaj

as Supervising Art Director

1960

1960

1990

1991

The Beggar's Opera

as Creative Producer

1991

The Beggar's Opera

as Screenplay

1993

Helimadoe

as Dramaturgy

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