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Jirí Menzel

Actor | Director | Writer

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Worked as an actor as well as director. Gave his debut in directing in 1965. See more trivia »

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in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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2012/I The Door
Surgeon
 
2012 Signál
Prokes
 
2009 Vyprávej (TV series)
profesor Sládecek
– Velká ocekávání (2009) … profesor Sládecek
– 1. máj (2009) … profesor Sládecek
 
2009 Operation Dunaj
Oskar
 
2009 Setkání v Praze, s vrazdou (TV movie)
Horejs jr.
 
2007 A bárány utolsó megkísértése (TV movie)
Leopold Blum
 
2007 Medvídek
Romanuv otec
 
2006 Rokonok
Mr. Menzel
 
2004 Colossal Sensation!
Head of the theatre
 
2002 Útek do Budína
Count
 
2002 The Sunken Cemetery
 
2001 When Grandpa Loved Rita Hayworth
Pfarrer
 
1999 All My Loved Ones
Stein
 
1999 Zimni vila (TV movie)
Chamberlain
 
1997 Franciska vasárnapjai
Államtitkár
 
1996 Too Loud a Solitude
Professor
 
1996 Hospoda (TV series)
psychiatr Prásek / MUDr. Prásek - psychiatr
– Bezdomovec (1996) … psychiatr Prásek
– Bomba (1996) … psychiatr Prásek
– Casanova (1996) … psychiatr Prásek
– Dluzník (1996) … psychiatr Prásek
– Forbes (1996) … psychiatr Prásek
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1996 Drákuluv svagr (TV mini-series)
 
1996 Truck Stop
 
1995 Revenge
Director
 
1995 How to Deserve a Princess
Painter
 
1994 Joint Venture
Adamec
 
1993 Vsetko co mam rad
Vasek
 
1993 The Little Apocalypse
Stan
 
1992 Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel (TV movie)
Director
 
1991 The Elementary School
Gynecologist
 
1990 Praski student (TV mini-series)
(1990)
 
1990 Nezny barbar
Doctor
 
1990 Larks on a String
Convict (uncredited)
 
1990 Zvonokosy (TV movie)
Vincek
 
1990 Zvlástní bytosti
Slovácek
 
1989 Stvorení sveta (TV movie)
Buh
 
1988 Dámská jízda (TV movie)
 
1987 Run, He Is Coming!
Vet
 
1985 Albert (TV movie)
Officer
 
1985 Fandy, ó Fandy
Ing. Ruzicka
 
1984 Felhöjáték
Dr. György Rácz
 
1983 Srdecny pozdrav ze zemekoule
Dr. Jánský
 
1983 Bulldogs and Cherries
Císník
 
1982 Ferat Vampire
Dr. Marek
 
1982 Szívzür
Demeter
 
1981 Tale of the Little Quarter (TV movie)
 
1980 Koportos
A pap
 
1979 Every Wednesday
János - államtitkár
 
1979 Bajecni muzi s klikou
Kolenatý
 
1978 The Woman Across the Way
Mann im Trenchcoat
 
1977 Hra o jablko
MUDr. Josef John
 
1977 Thirty Maidens and Pythagoras
Ludolf
 
1977 Modrá planeta
Ing. Pavlík
 
1972 Sechse kommen durch die Welt
Soldat
 
1972 Straw Hat
Singer Nissardi
 
1970 Nevesta
 
1969 The Cremator
Dvorák
 
1968 Capricious Summer
Arnostek (tightrope walker)
 
1968 Dita Saxová
Herbert Lagus
 
1968 Crime in a Music Hall
Klaun
 
1967 The Return of the Prodigal Son
Jirí
 
1967 Hotel for Strangers
Pot-boy
 
1967 Private Torment
 
1966 Flám
Brýlatý mladík
 
1966 Closely Watched Trains
Dr. Brabec (uncredited)
 
1966 Volejte Martina
Strázmistr VB
 
1966 Searching
Dohnal
 
1966 Nobody Will Laugh
 
1966 Pearls of the Deep
Bicyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
 
1965 Obzalovany
Verteidiger
 
1965 If a Thousand Clarinets
Deserter Schulze
 
1964 Place in the Crowd
Tajemník CSM Bohous (segment "Jak se kalí ocel")
 
1964 Courage for Every Day
 
1962 Strop (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (29 titles)
2013 Skirt Chasers (post-production)
 
2011 Jirí Menzel: 7 Questions (video documentary short)
 
2006 I Served the King of England
 
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (segment "One Moment")
 
1994 Zivot a neobycejna dobrodruzstvi vojaka Ivana Conkina
 
1994 Bohumil Hrabal ocima Jirího Menzela (TV documentary short)
 
1991 The Beggar's Opera
 
1990 Larks on a String
 
1990 Audience (TV movie)
 
1989 Konec starych casu
 
1986 Die Schokoladenschnüffler
 
1985 My Sweet Little Village
 
1984 Slavnosti snezenek
 
1983 Capitali culturali d'Europa (TV series documentary)
– Prague (1983)
 
1982 Krasosmutnení (TV movie)
 
1981 Shortcuts
 
1979 Bajecni muzi s klikou
 
1976 Na samote u lesa
 
1975 Kdo hledá zlaté dno
 
1974 Altered Landscapes (short)
 
1968 Capricious Summer
 
1968 Crime in a Music Hall
 
1966 Closely Watched Trains
 
1966 Zlocin v dívcí skole (segment "Zlocin v dívcí skole")
 
1966 Pearls of the Deep (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
 
1965 Concert '65 (short)
 
1962 Umrel nám pan Foerster (short)
 
1961 Zurnal FAMU - První obcasník (short) (segment "Praxe")
 
1960 Prefabricated Houses (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (22 titles)
2013 Skirt Chasers (screenplay) (post-production)
 
2011 Jirí Menzel: 7 Questions (video documentary short)
 
2011 Po dlouhe noci den (documentary)
 
2006 I Served the King of England
 
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (segment "One Moment")
 
1994 Bohumil Hrabal ocima Jirího Menzela (TV documentary short)
 
1991 The Beggar's Opera (adaptation)
 
1990 Larks on a String
 
1989 Konec starych casu (screenplay)
 
1984 Slavnosti snezenek
 
1981 Shortcuts
 
1979 Bajecni muzi s klikou (writer)
 
1975 Kdo hledá zlaté dno (screenplay)
 
1974 Altered Landscapes (short)
 
1968 Capricious Summer (writer)
 
1968 Crime in a Music Hall (writer)
 
1966 Closely Watched Trains (screenplay)
 
1966 Zlocin v dívcí skole (screenplay)
 
1966 Pearls of the Deep (segment Smrt pana Baltazara)
 
1965 Concert '65 (short)
 
1962 Umrel nám pan Foerster (short)
 
1960 Prefabricated Houses (short)
 
1963 Something Different (first assistant director)
 
1962 Strop (short) (assistant director)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1991 The Beggar's Opera (producer)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (1 title)
Show ShowSelf (14 titles)
2013 The Presence of Arnost Lustig (documentary)
Jiri Menzel
 
2012 Show Jana Krause (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 January 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2011 Jirí Menzel: 7 Questions (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 Po stopách hvezd (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Libuse Safránková (2008) … Himself
– Jan Tríska (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Prísne tajné (TV series)
Himself
– Prísne tajné 3 (2008) … Himself
 
2004 Esti showder (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.19 (2004) … Himself
 
1999-2004 Banánové rybicky (TV series)
Himself
– Jak vyuzít jazyk (2004) … Himself
– Jak prezít lékare a nemoci (1999) … Himself
 
2001 Krásný ztráty (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 October 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2000 Sametová kocovina (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Jiri Menzel and Czech Film (TV movie)
Himself
 
1998 Eigentlich ist nichts geschehen - Der Film des Prager Frühlings (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Nevyjasnená úmrtí (TV series)
Himself
– Pozehnaný prokletý básník Bohumil Hrabal (1998) … Himself
 
1966 Ein Anlaß zum Sprechen - FAMU Prag (documentary)
Himself
 
1961 Zurnal FAMU - První obcasník (short)
Himself (segment "Mikulás")
 
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(1970) He and Jan Kacer directed Niccolo Macchiavelli's play, "Mandragola," Alena Vostra's play, "Whose Turn Next?," and Nikolai Gogol's play, "The Government Inspector," in a Cinoherni Klub of Prague production at the Aldwych Theatre in London, England.

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Worked as an actor as well as director. Gave his debut in directing in 1965. See more »

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