Jiří Menzel Filmes
- 1969
The Cremator
The Cremator7.7361969HD
In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.
- 1966
Pearls of the Deep
Pearls of the Deep61966HD
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...
- 1967
Hotel for Strangers
Hotel for Strangers5.81967HD
A gifted poet checks into a Gothic hotel in hopes of meeting the woman with whom he has long been enamored. He is surrounded by a variety of offbeat...
- 1963
Something Different
Something Different6.31963HD
In her first feature, Věra Chytilová uses a combination of documentary and fiction film techniques to tell two stories in counterpoint....
- 1966
Daisies
Daisies7.31966HD
Two teenage girls embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world around them.
- 2007
I Served the King of England
I Served the King of England6.9342007HD
Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the...
- 1990
Larks on a String
Larks on a String7.0371990HD
In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is...
- 1966
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains7.31966HD
At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity....
- 2018
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel6.52018HD
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...
- 1991
The Elementary School
The Elementary School7.41991HD
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined...
- 1967
The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Return of the Prodigal Son5.81967HD
Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after his unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. His therapist, via...
- 1965
If a Thousand Clarinets
If a Thousand Clarinets7.31965HD
A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into music instruments. Great mystery is immediately...
- 1976
Secluded, Near Woods
Secluded, Near Woods7.31976HD
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 the...
- 1982
Ferat Vampire
Ferat Vampire5.5961982HD
A doctor is shocked when his beloved colleague Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a...
- 2009
Operation Dunaj
Operation Dunaj5.0422009HD
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...
- 1985
My Sweet Little Village
My Sweet Little Village7.3171985HD
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...
- 1984
The Snowdrop Festival
The Snowdrop Festival6.5171984HD
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) about...
- 2016
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun62016HD
Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica,...
- 1994
Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin6.3751994HD
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...
- 1968
Capricious Summer
Capricious Summer6.71968HD
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. It...