Czechoslovakia 1918. The newly formed National Assembly has made Stoklasa Read More »
Tag Archives: Jirí Menzel
Closely Watched Trains AKA 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 AKA Rozmarné léto (1968) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Frantisek Rehák
The friends enjoy the charms of nature – and of their guests. Read More »
Those Wonderful Men with a Crank AKA 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 »
I Served the King of England AKA Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále (2006) Jirí Menzel, Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch
Czechoslovakia, 1963. Jan Díte is released from prison after serving 15 years. Read More »
The Snowdrop Festival AKA 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 AKA Upír z Feratu (1982) Juraj Herz, Jirí Menzel, Dagmar Havlová, Jana Brezková
A doctor Marek is shocked when his beloved nurse Mima signs a contract with foreign Read More »
Pearls of the Deep AKA 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 »
Secluded, Near Woods AKA Na samote u lesa (1976) Jirí Menzel, Josef Kemr, Zdenek Sverák, Daniela Kolárová
The Lavicka’s, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. Read More »
Larks on a String (1990) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Václav Neckár
Prague in the early 1950’s. Bourgeois elements are being re-educated by working in a scrapyard full of the detritus of industrial society. Read More »
The Apple Game (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 »