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Jiří Menzel is 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.
Born
Wednesday, 23 February 1938
Died
Saturday, 05 September 2020
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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CzechMate: In Search of Jirí Menzel | Self | 2018 |
The Interpreter | Ali Ungár | 2018 |
Jirí Menzel - To Make a Comedy Is No Fun | Self | 2017 |
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street | Self | 2016 |
The Presence of Arnost Lustig | Self | 2013 |
The Door | Surgeon | 2012 |
Signál | Prokes / Prokeš | 2012 |
25 from the Sixties, or The Czechoslovak New Wave | Self | 2010 |
Wonderful Times | Profesor Sládecek | 2009 |
Operation Dunaj | Oskar | 2009 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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CzechMate: In Search of Jirí Menzel | Self | 2018 |
The Interpreter | Ali Ungár | 2018 |
Jirí Menzel - To Make a Comedy Is No Fun | Self | 2017 |
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street | Self | 2016 |
The Presence of Arnost Lustig | Self | 2013 |
The Door | Surgeon | 2012 |
Signál | Prokes / Prokeš | 2012 |
25 from the Sixties, or The Czechoslovak New Wave | Self | 2010 |
Wonderful Times | Profesor Sládecek | 2009 |
Operation Dunaj | Oskar | 2009 |
Medvídek | Romanuv otec | 2007 |
Rokonok | Bankigazgató-helyettes | 2006 |
Colossal Sensation! | Head of the Theatre | 2004 |
Daddy | Self | 2004 |
The Sunken Cemetery | Doktor Javorski | 2002 |
Útek do Budína | Count / hrabě | 2002 |
When Grandpa Loved Rita Hayworth | Pfarrer | 2001 |
Zimni vila | Komorí | 1999 |
All My Loved Ones | Stein | 1999 |
Franciska vasárnapjai | Államtitkár | 1997 |
Too Loud a Solitude | Professor | 1996 |
How to Deserve a Princess | Painter / dvorní malíř | 1995 |
Joint Venture | Adamec / Prof. Adamec | 1995 |
Vsetko co mam rad | Vasek | 1993 |
The Little Apocalypse | Stan | 1993 |
The Elementary School | Gynecologist / Gynecologist MUDr. Kalaban | 1991 |
Crime in a Music Hall | Klaun | 1990 |
Nezný barbar | spisovatel zvaný Doktor / Doktor | 1990 |
Martha et moi | Doctor Benda / Dr. Benda | 1990 |
Zvlástní bytosti | Slovácek | 1990 |
Larks on a String | Convict | 1990 |
Srdecný pozdrav ze zemekoule | Dr. Jánský | 1985 |
Albert | Dustojník | 1985 |
Bulldogs and Cherries | Císník / Waiter | 1983 |
Passing Fancy | 1983 | |
Ferat Vampire | Dr. Marek | 1982 |
Szívzür | Demeter | 1982 |
Bájecní muzi s klikou | fotograf Jakub Kolenatý | 1980 |
Koportos | A pap | 1980 |
Hra na telo | Klíma | 1979 |
The Woman Across the Way | Mann im Trenchcoat | 1978 |
Hra o jablko | MUDr. Josef John | 1978 |
Thirty Maidens and Pythagoras | Ludolf / profesor matematiky Ludolf | 1977 |
Sechse kommen durch die Welt | Soldat | 1973 |
Straw Hat | Singer Nissardi | 1972 |
Strop | Student se stravenkou | 1971 |
Nevesta | 1970 | |
The Cremator | Dvorák / Dvořák | 1969 |
Private Torment | 1968 | |
Capricious Summer | Arnoštek / Arnostek (Tightrope Walker) | 1968 |
Dita Saxová | Herbert Lagus | 1968 |
Volejte Martina | Strázmistr VB | 1967 |
Hotel for Strangers | Pot-boy | 1967 |
Return of the Prodigal Son | Jirí | 1967 |
Closely Watched Trains | Dr. Brabec | 1967 |
Daisies | Jan (voice) | 1966 |
Courage for Every Day | Jarduv kolega | 1966 |
Ein Anlaß zum Sprechen - FAMU Prag | Self | 1966 |
Martin Speaking | 1966 | |
Nobody Will Laugh | Goldman | 1966 |
Pearls of the Deep | Bicyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara") | 1966 |
If a Thousand Clarinets | Schulze / Deserter Schulze | 1965 |
Obzalovaný | obhájce Frantisek Horácek | 1965 |
Place in the Crowd | Tajemník CSM Bohous (segment "Jak se kalí ocel") / (segment "Jak se kalí ocel") | 1964 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Don Juans | 2013 |
The Beggar's Opera | 2009 |
I Served the King of England | 2006 |
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | 2002 |
Zivot a neobycejna dobrodruzstvi vojaka Ivana Conkina | 1994 |
Konec starych casu | 1990 |
Crime in a Music Hall | 1990 |
Larks on a String | 1990 |
My Sweet Little Village | 1987 |
Die Schokoladenschnüffler | 1986 |
The Snowdrop Festivities | 1984 |
Capitali culturali d'Europa | 1983 |
Cutting it Short | 1982 |
Bájecní muzi s klikou | 1980 |
Na samote u lesa | 1976 |
Kdo hledá zlaté dno | 1975 |
Capricious Summer | 1968 |
Closely Watched Trains | 1967 |
Zlocin v dívcí skole | 1966 |
Pearls of the Deep | 1966 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Beggar's Opera | 2009 |