Jiří Menzel Movies

A parable for the end of totalitarianism. Three protagonists - a high official, a secretary, and a border guard - representative of three...

A young engineer, Štěpán Pavlík, dreams of becoming a cosmonaut.

Emil (Vaclav Chalupa as a teen, Ondrej Vetchy as an adult) has been naughty, and his family is at a loss about what to do with him. He's been...

A passionate communist worker is discouraged by the changing political climate and the failure of his peers to live up to his ideals.

A film in five episodes, all based on an attempt to show the life of young people today, their feelings and relationships, their behaviour in public...

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

The theft of a pearl necklace and subsequent murder took place at the Tartaros cabaret. All this could compromise the minister, who is an admirer of...

A recording of the legendary production “Audience“ from the Prague Drama Club with Josef Abrhám and Pavel Landovský. In...

The love story of students Jana and Tomáš begins in Prague just after the establishment of the First Republic. Their impulsive "escape...

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most...

When he was five years old, Ivan Hum was kidnapped and was forced to spend his formative years in orphanages, prisons and other institutions all...

Jiří Suchý recalls two of the most prominent artistic and creative figures in Czechoslovak culture of the last century:...

A commemorative and essayistic meditative piece on the Prague quarter Libeň during the 1950s.

How to marry off two daughters and a maid, especially when the father has no idea that it's high time? Father Ubaldo has worries; his two daughters...

A recording of the final performance of the famous production of G. Feydeau's comedy, directed by Jiří Menzel, which was successfully...

A lyrical story from the beginning of 20th century, with the atmosphere of a small-town environment, distinctive characters, and a subtle analysis of...