Jiří Menzel

Numa pequena cidade ainda ocupada pelos alemães enquanto a maré da Segunda Guerra Mundial está se voltando para os Aliados, o aprendiz de despachan...

18 de nov. de 1966

The movie's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a young man, in a tight-knit village community. The sweet-tempered Otík works as an assistant ...

01 de ago. de 1985

In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them i...

01 de fev. de 1990

Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the origina...

01 de out. de 1991

The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell t...

10 de set. de 1976

Three short story omnibus. The main hero and connecting link is Lieutenant Boruvka, created by Lubomír Lipsky. He deals with the murder case betwee...

18 de fev. de 1966

Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but ...

06 de fev. de 1981

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 ...

20 de out. de 1994

A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s dir...

07 de jan. de 1966

Intitulado "The Cello"(O Celo), esta é a segunda parte do projeto que reúne diretores de todas as partes do mundo para dar a sua visão do tempo. Aq...

03 de set. de 2002

This movie is based on texts of Bohumil Hrabal, world-known Czech prosaic. It's a story (in a form of a mosaic of short episodes and pictures) abou...

01 de jan. de 1984

Operation Danube was the cover name for the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact armies in August 1968. The fleet of Polish tanks which arrive...

21 de jul. de 2009

A black comedy set in a Prague cabaret.

20 de dez. de 1968

20 de dez. de 1963

Czechoslovakia 1918. The newly formed National Assembly has made Stoklasa the administrator of the Kratochvile Castle. Although with no aristocrati...

01 de jan. de 1989

Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the conclusion...

11 de jan. de 2007

Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte, an owner of a circus caravan, meets his dying colleague who entrusts his beautiful daughter Aloisi...

03 de ago. de 1979

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 glitte...

26 de set. de 2013

On a sunny afternoon an old man speaks to a laundress about his love for Provence, then a black flag is unfurled outside the town monument: news ha...

01 de jan. de 1963

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. ...

24 de mai. de 1968

A crime comedy directed by Jirí Menzel, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.

10 de abr. de 1986

01 de jan. de 1960

When he returns to Prague from a stint in the Army, Lada does not seem to fit in anywhere, and he cannot get the hang of the system of deliberately...

20 de dez. de 1974

A theater play by Václav Havel.

01 de jan. de 1990

11 de set. de 2020

An idiosyncratic reflection on the film Larks on a String and its history, shot by it's director Jiri Menzel.

28 de mar. de 2011