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
Those Wonderful Men with a Crank
1979 · Movie · 90 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Jiří Menzel
Cast Rudolf Hrusínsky · Vladimir Mensik · Jiří Menzel · Vlasta Fabianová
6.5
39 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
Direction Jiří Menzel
Cast Bohuš Záhorský · Svatava Hubenáková
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
Pearls of the Deep
1966 · Movie · 105 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová · Jaromil Jires · Jiří Menzel · Jan Nemec
Cast Pavla Marsálková · Ferdinand Kruta · Alois Vachek
6.2
56 votes
6.2
56 votes
The Snowdrop Festival
1984 · Movie · 83 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Jiří Menzel
Cast Jaromír Hanzlík · Rudolf Hrusínsky · Miloslav Stibich · Josef Somr
6.1
64 votes
6.1
64 votes
Crime in a Music Hall
1968 · Movie · 85 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Jiří Menzel
Cast Jirí Suchý · Jirí Slitr · Eva Pilarová · Vlastimil Brodsky
5.6
23 votes
5.6
23 votes
The Beggar's Opera
1991 · Movie · 94 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Jiří Menzel
Cast Josef Abrhám · Marián Labuda · Rudolf Hrusínsky · Nina Divísková
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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
Direction Jiří Menzel
Cast Pavel Landovsky · Josef Abrhám
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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)
Direction Jiří Menzel
Cast Rolf Knie · Gaston Häni · Susanne Uhlen · Karl Heinz Vosgerau
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