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Jiri Menzel

I Served the King of England

V.O.: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krale
Tch. 2006. Comedy by Jiri Menzel with Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch. In the 1930s in Prague, a young and ambitious busboy does all he can to quickly climb the social ladder.
Runtime: 120 min.

Les Aventures d'Ivan Tchonkine

V.O.: Zivot a neobycejna dobrodruzstvi vojaka Ivana Conkina
Tch. 1994. Dramatic comedy by Jiri Menzel with Gennadiy Nazarov, Zoya Buryak, Vladimir Ilin.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1992. Satire by Costa-Gavras with Jiri Menzel, André Dussollier, Pierre Arditi. A publisher wants to organize a large media stunt to launch the work of a Polish writer who has taken refuge in France.
Runtime: 110 min.

La Fin du bon vieux temps

V.O.: Konec starych casu
Tchéc. 1989. Mores comedy by Jiri Menzel with Josef Abrham, Marian Labuda, Rudolf Hrusinsky.
Runtime: 97 min.

Mon cher petit village

V.O.: Vesnicko má stredisková
Tch. 1986. Mores comedy by Jiri Menzel with Janos Ban, Marian Labuda, Rudolf Hrusinsky. A truck driver tries to prevent the maneuvers of some officials who are watching the house of his simple-minded assistant.
Runtime: 101 min.

Ferat Vampire

V.O.: Upir z Feratu
Tchéc. 1982. Thriller by Juraj Herz with Jiri Menzel, Dagmar Havlova Veskrnova, Jana Brezkova. A doctor believes his beloved nurse is using human blood to fuel her racing car.
Runtime: 90 min.
Tch. 1980. Mores comedy by Jiri Menzel with Magda Vasaryova, Jiri Schmitzer, Jaromir Hanzlik.
Runtime: 98 min.
Tch. 1978. Dramatic comedy by Jiri Menzel with Jiri Menzel, Rudolf Hrusinsky, Blazena Holisova.
Runtime: 88 min.

Le Jeu de la pomme

V.O.: Hra o Jablko
Tchéc. 1976. Mores comedy by Vera Chytilova with Dagmar Blahova, Jiri Menzel, Evelyna Steimarova. In a birthing clinic, a young nurse has an affair with a womanizing doctor.
Runtime: 96 min.

Larks on a String

V.O.: Skrivánci na niti
Tch. 1969. Dramatic comedy by Jiri Menzel with Rudolf Hrusinsky, Vaclav Neckar, Jitka Zelenohorska. In the 1950s, a group of men and women, whom the new regime considers bourgeois, work on a scrapyard under the supervision of a debonair guard.

Capricious Summer

V.O.: Rozmarne Ieto
Tch. 1967. Satire by Jiri Menzel with Rudolf Hrusinsky, Vlastimil Brodsky, Frantisek Rehalk. A couple of tightrope walkers disturb the peace of a village.
Runtime: 80 min.

Closely Watched Trains

V.O.: Ostre sledované vlaky
Tch. 1966. Dramatic comedy by Jiri Menzel with Vaclav Neckar, Jitka Bendova, Joseph Somr. After a failed love affair, a young man tries to commit suicide.
Runtime: 92 min.

Pearls of the Deep

V.O.: Perlicky na dne
Tchéc. 1965. Sketches by Vera Chytilova, Jaromil Jires, Jan Nemec, Evald Schorm, Jiri Menzel with Ferdinand Kruta, Alois Vachek. Five stories illustrating the lack of human relations in Communist Czechoslovakia.
Runtime: 107 min.

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