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