Jirí Menzel - Director
13 Movies and TV Series
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I Served The King of England
― Jan Dítě has been released from a Czech prison just before the very end of his 15-year sentence. S..
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Closely Watched Trains
― In a small town still occupied by the Germans as World War II's tide is turning toward the Allies, a..
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My Sweet Little Village
― The movie's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a mentally retarded young man, in a tight-knit..
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Shortcuts
― Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an ado..
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Secluded, Near Woods
― The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. Ho..
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Larks on a String
― Set in the late 1940s, the film concerns the treatment of suspect "bourgeois elements", a professor,..
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Capricious Summer
― Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimmi..
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Pearls of The Deep
― A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expre..
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Life And Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
― Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, no..
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Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
― Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte, an owner of a circus caravan, meets his dying colle..
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The Beggar's Opera
― Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of a..
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The Don Juans
― An opera troupe in a small town decides to perform Mozart's Don Giovanni. The view behind the scenes..