Czechoslovakia, 1963. Jan Díte is released from prison after serving 15 years. Read More »
Tag Archives: Jirí Menzel
Those Wonderful Men with a Crank / Bájecní muzi s klikou (1979) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Fabiánová, Blazena Holisová
Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte (Rudolf Hrusínský), an owner of a circus caravan Read More »
The Apple Game / Hra o jablko (1977) Vera Chytilová, Dagmar Bláhová, Jirí Menzel, Jirí Kodet
Doctor John, who works in a Prague maternity hospital while still living at home with his mother Read More »
The End of Old Times / Konec starych casu (1989) Jirí Menzel, Josef Abrhám, Marián Labuda, Jaromír Hanzlík
Czechoslovakia 1918. The newly formed National Assembly has made Stoklasa Read More »
Closely Watched Trains / Ostre sledované vlaky (1966) Jirí Menzel, Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský
An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter Read More »
Capricious Summer / Rozmarné léto (1968) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Frantisek Rehák
The friends enjoy the charms of nature – and of their guests. Read More »
The Snowdrop Festival / Slavnosti snezenek (1984) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Jaromír Hanzlík, Josef Somr
This movie is based on texts of Bohumil Hrabal, world-known Czech prosaic. Read More »
Ferat Vampire (1982) Upír z Feratu
A doctor Marek is shocked when his beloved nurse Mima signs a contract with foreign Read More »
Pearls of the Deep / Perlicky na dne (1965) Vera Chytilová, Jaromil Jires, Jirí Menzel, Pavla Marsálková, Ferdinand Kruta, Alois Vachek
Set against the backdrop of a repressed Czechoslovakia, five non-related vignettes are presented Read More »
Cutting it Short AKA Postriziny (1981) Jirí Menzel, Magda Vásáryová, Jirí Schmitzer, Jaromír Hanzlík
Short Cut is a comedy revealed more in the acting and witty dialogue than in the simple premise of the story itself Read More »