Direction: Jiří Menzel

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jiří Menzel. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Closely Watched Trains

1966 · Movie · 93 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jiří Menzel

Cast Václav Neckár · Josef Somr · Vlastimil Brodsky · Vladimír Valenta

Plot At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this...

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

My Sweet Little Village

1985 · Movie · 98 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jiří Menzel

Cast János Bán · Marián Labuda · Rudolf Hrusínsky · Petr Cepek

Plot Comedy about the people who inhabit a small town. For years the overbearing Pavek has endured Otik, the "town idiot," sharing his meals and the front seat of their dump...

7.1

525 votes

7.1

525 votes

Seclusion Near a Forest

1976 · Movie · 85 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jiří Menzel

Cast Josef Kemr · Szedenk Sverák · Daniela Kolárová · Marta Hradílková

Plot In this film, a couple, after seeing the lovely job a friend of theirs has done in converting an old mill house into a cozy mansion, moves into an old...

7.0

30 votes

7.0

30 votes

Cutting It Short

1981 · Movie · 93 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jiří Menzel

Cast Magda Vásáryová · Jirí Schmitzer · Jaromír Hanzlík · Petr Cepek

Plot The setting is a small town where Hrabal¡'s father Francine (Jiri Schmitzer) is in charge of a large brewery. Both the blessing and bane of his life is his gorgeous...

6.7

105 votes

6.7

105 votes

Larks on a String

1969 · Movie · 94 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jiří Menzel

Cast Václav Neckár · Jitka Zelenohorská · Rudolf Hrusínsky · Jaroslav Satoransky

Plot Prague in the early 1950's. Bourgeois elements are being re-educated by working in a scrapyard full of the detritus of industrial society. The volunteer workers comprise a professor of literature,...

6.7

368 votes

6.7

368 votes

I Served the King of England

2006 · Movie · 118 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jiří Menzel

Cast Ivan Barnev · Oldrich Kaiser · Julia Jentsch · Martin Huba

Plot Jan Dítì (Ivan Barnev) is short in height, but high in ambition. To put it bluntly, the young provincial waiter wants to become a millionaire. And he knows just how...

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

The End of the Good Old Days

1989 · Movie · 97 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jiří Menzel

Cast Josef Abrhám · Marián Labuda · Jaromír Hanzlík · Rudolf Hrusínsky

Plot Czechoslovakia 1918. The newly formed National Assembly has made Stoklasa the administrator of Kratochvile castle. Although with no aristocratic background, he is a man of fortune and is trying to...

6.5

56 votes

6.5

56 votes

6.5

39 votes

Capricious Summer

1968 · Movie · 74 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jiří Menzel

Cast Rudolf Hrusínsky · Vlastimil Brodsky · Frantisek Rehák · Míla Myslíková

Plot Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It just seems to be that...

6.4

80 votes

6.4

80 votes

Our Mr. Foerster Died (S)

1962 · Movie · 14 min. · Czechoslovakia

6.4

26 votes

6.4

26 votes

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

2002 · Movie · 146 min. · Germany

Direction Bernardo Bertolucci · Claire Denis · Mike Figgis · Jean-Luc Godard

Cast Valeria Bruni Tedeschi · Dominic West · Daniel Craig · Chiara Mastalli

Plot A companion film to the highly acclaimed TEN MINUTES OLDER: THE TRUMPET. Eight influential directors interpret the theme of time. Official selection of the Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian Film...

6.3

313 votes

6.3

313 votes

Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

1994 · Movie · 106 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jiří Menzel

Cast Gennadi Nazarov · Zoya Buryak · Vladimir Ilyin · Valeri Zolotukhin

Plot Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed with intelligence, is left to guard a downed military aircraft....

6.3

38 votes

6.3

38 votes

The Snowdrop Festival

1984 · Movie · 83 min. · Czechoslovakia

6.1

64 votes

6.1

64 votes

Crime in a Music Hall

1968 · Movie · 85 min. · Czechoslovakia

5.6

23 votes

5.6

23 votes

The Beggar's Opera

1991 · Movie · 94 min. · Czechoslovakia

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Prefabricated Houses (S)

1960 · Documentary · 6 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jiří Menzel

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Audience (TV)

1990 · Movie · 78 min. · Czechoslovakia

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The Don Juans

2013 · Movie · 102 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jiří Menzel

Cast Jan Hartl · Libuse Safránková · Martin Huba · Jirina Jirásková

Plot An opera troupe in a small town decides to perform Mozart's Don Giovanni. The view behind the scenes uncovers the world of opera without the glitter. A tale of love...

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Chocolate Cop

1986 · Movie · 89 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

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Not rated