Jiří Menzel Movies

Sarcastic comedy about the Czechoslovakia of the seventies. A young gynaecologist can't figure out whether to get serious with a young nurse or to...

Managers at the construction of a big hydro plant are accused of having embezzled money.

The series of children's films about Detective Martin, who intervenes in cases involving children, begins with this film. It consists of two short...

Kateřina works at an inn run by her evil stepmother. One day, she meets a young man she doesn't know in the forest. He is Prince Jan, and he is...

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

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...

This work is a collaborative project by fourth-year students of directing, cinematography and production. Taking the form of a satirical and...

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

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...

A student work by Jiří Menzel, filmed during his second year at the FAMU film school. Views of old Prague and its tenement buildings,...

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

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

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 celebrated theatre director’s perfect life unravels when his wife’s secret lover exposes the hollowness beneath his success, leading to...