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Jiří Menzel (Czech: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈmɛntsl̩] ⓘ) (23 February 1938 – 5 September 2020) [1] was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. [2]
Jirí Menzel was born on 23 February 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director, known for Closely Watched Trains (1966), I Served the King of England (2006) and Larks on a String (1969).
Jiří Menzel (23. února 1938 Praha – 5. září 2020 Praha) byl český filmový a divadelní režisér, herec a spisovatel. Je jedním z mála českých filmařů oceněných Oscarem , proslavil se zejména adaptacemi děl Bohumila Hrabala .
7 Sep 2020 · Jiri Menzel, one of the leading figures in the Czech New Wave cinema, passed away on Saturday after brain surgery. He won an Academy Award for best foreign language film for Closely Watched Trains in 1968 and collaborated with novelist Bohumil Hrabal.
18 Okt 2020 · A tribute to Jiří Menzel, one of the defining voices of the Czechoslovak New Wave, who passed away in 2020. Explore his seven films based on Bohumil Hrabal's stories, from Pearls of the Deep to Larks on a String.
15 Sep 2020 · You might think the Czech director Jiri Menzel, having spent much of his life behind the Iron Curtain, wanted nothing more than to be free of it. But Mr. Menzel knew the value of having limits to...
Jiří Menzel obituary: the last of the Czech New Wave greats. Best known and loved for his Oscar-winning 1966 feature debut Closely Observed Trains, the Czech satirist persevered and provoked through the eras of Communism and free-market capitalism.
