Jiří Menzel Movies

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 has...

Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.

The general practitioner Balla and his wife abandoning her higher education begin their common life in the small mountain village in the hope of...

Two young technicians, Filos and Kája, come to a small village that is a bit cut off from the rest of the world in order to find the best...

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

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

"A man is immortal as long as he lives in the memory of others,” said well-known Czech writer Arnošt Lustig with a wry smile. In...

The main character of the story which takes place in the twenties in Budapest is the poet Dr. Rácz György, who returns after ten years of...

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 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...

TV miniseries "More than words explores the possibilities and ways of behavior in non-verbal communication, primarily movements, gestures and ways of...

Little kids, little worries, big kids, big worries, sighs many a parent often. This is no different for the mother of eighteen-year-old Frantisek,...

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

A film impression about Bohumil Hrabal - an encounter with the man and his literary work. The film was shot in places well known and close to the...

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