Jiří Menzel
Born: 1938-02-23 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Died: 2020-09-05
Known For: Acting
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
2020
- Brouk v hlavě ... (Stage Director)
2018
- The Interpreter as Ali Ungár
- More Than Words as Self
- CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel as Self
2016
- To Make a Comedy Is No Fun as Self
- The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street as Self
2014
2013
- The Don Juans ... (Director)
2012
- The Presence of Arnošt Lustig as Self
- Signál as Prokeš
2011
- Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions as Self
2009
- Vyprávěj as Professor Sládeček
- Operation Dunaj as Oskar Hazuka
- Setkání v Praze, s vraždou as Hořejší
- Golden Sixties as Self
2007
- Teddy Bear as Romanuv otec
- I Served the King of England ... (Director)
2006
- A bárány utolsó megkísértése as Leopold Blum
- Slnko v sieti
- Zimní víla as Komorí
2005
- Pocta V+W as Self
2004
- Daddy as Self
2002
- The Sunken Cemetery as Doktor Javorski
- One Moment ... (Director)
- Ten Minutes Older: The Cello ... (Director)
- Útek do Budína as hrabě
2001
- Als Großvater Rita Hayworth liebte as Pfarrer
2000
- Příběhy slavných as Self
- Krásný ztráty as Self
1999
- All My Loved Ones as Stein
1997
1996
- Franciska vasárnapjai as államtitkár
- Hospoda as MUDr. Prášek - psychiatr
1995
- Joint Venture as Prof. Adamec
- Revenge
- Too Loud A Solitude as Professor
- How to Deserve a Princess as dvorní malíř
1994
1993
- The Little Apocalypse as Stan
- Everything I Like as Vasek
- Dr. Hrabal
- Helimadoe ... (Dramaturgy)
1991
- The Elementary School as Gynecologist MUDr. Kalaban
- The Beggar's Opera ... (Director)
- Tady vím, proč jsem as Sám sebe
1990
- Larks on a String as Convict
- The End of Old Times ... (Director)
- Audience ... (Director)
- Martha and I
- Strange Creatures
- The Gentle Barbarian as Doktor
- Zvonokosy as Vincek
1989
1988
- Veselé příhody z natáčení as Self
1987
1986
- Die Schokoladenschnüffler ... (Director)
1985
- Albert as Dustojník
- My Sweet Little Village ... (Director)
1984
- The Snowdrop Festival ... (Director)
1983
1982
- Ferat Vampire as Dr. Marek
- Babička se zbláznila
1981
- Povídka Malostranská as Dr. Krumlovský
- Cutting It Short ... (Director)
- Heart Tremors
- Bulldogs and Cherries as Waiter
- Tři v tom ... (Director)
1980
- Blue Planet as Štěpán Pavlík
- Hra na telo
1979
- Koportos as A pap
- Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
- Minden szerdán as János - államtitkár
1978
- The Apple Game as MUDr. Josef John
1977
- 30 Maidens and Pythagoras as profesor matematiky Ludolf
1976
- Secluded, Near Woods ... (Director)
1974
- Who Looks for Gold? ... (Director)
1972
- Straw Hat
- Sechse kommen durch die Welt as Soldat
1971
- Mandragora ... (Stage Director)
1970
1969
- The Cremator as Dvorak
1968
- Dita Saxová as Herbert Lagus
- Capricious Summer as Arnoštek
- Crime in the Night Club as Klaun
1967
- Hotel for Strangers as Pot-boy
- The Return of the Prodigal Son as Jirí
- Windstorm
1966
- Searching
- Pearls of the Deep as Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
- Flám
- Crime at the Girls School ... (Director)
- Closely Watched Trains as Dr. Brabec
- Nobody Will Laugh
- Daisies as Jan (voice)
- Martin Speaking
- An Occasion to Speak as Self
- Volejte Martina
1965
- Courage for Every Day as Jarduv kolega
- Pension pro svobodné pány
- If a Thousand Clarinets as Schulze
1964
- Dobrá rada je nad zlato
- A Place in the Crowd as (segment "Jak se kalí ocel")
- Defendant as obhájce Frantisek Horácek
- Hory hory
1963
- Something Different ... (First Assistant Director)
- Our Mr. Foerster Died ... (Screenplay)
1962
1960
- Prefabricated Houses ... (Director)