Acting
Jiří Menzel
- Titles
- 80movies10TV shows
- Career
Active from 1960 to 2018, busiest in 1990 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 26titles as director
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Closely Watched Trains84/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.9average 2.6
- Satire & Parody4.8average 2.3
- Politics4.6average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.6average 3.6
- Situational Comedy4.5average 2.7
- Class & Capitalism4.8average 3.3
- Absurdist Humor3.5average 2.0
- Social Commentary6.4average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.0, average 5.1
- Violence2.5, average 4.3
- Contemporary Realism3.5, average 5.2
- Scare1.2, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Setting 6
- Czech New Wave 4
- Character Study 4
- Social Commentary 3
- Quirky Characters 3
- Satirical 2
- Political Allegory 2
- Bohumil Hrabal Adaptation 2
- Character-Driven 2
- European Cinema 2
- Dark Humor 2
- Hopeful 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- JJaromír ŠofrCinematographerI Served the King of England, Capricious Summer, My Sweet Little Village, Closely Watched Trains, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, +11 more
Jiří BrožekEditorI Served the King of England, My Sweet Little Village, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Operation Dunaj, Cutting It Short, +7 more- JJiří ŠustComposerCapricious Summer, My Sweet Little Village, Closely Watched Trains, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Secluded, Near Woods, +7 more
Rudolf HrušínskýActorCapricious Summer, My Sweet Little Village, One Moment, Cutting It Short, Larks on a String, +6 more- JJiřina LukešováEditorCapricious Summer, Closely Watched Trains, Secluded, Near Woods, Crime at the Girls School, Who Looks for Gold?, +4 more
František ŘehákActorCapricious Summer, Cutting It Short, Who Looks for Gold?, Larks on a String, Setkání v Praze, s vraždou, +1 more
Vlastimil BrodskýActorCapricious Summer, Closely Watched Trains, 30 Maidens and Pythagoras, Larks on a String, Too Loud A Solitude, +1 more
Petr ČepekActorMy Sweet Little Village, Cutting It Short, Ferat Vampire, The Snowdrop Festival, Mandragora, +1 more
Josef AbrhámActorI Served the King of England, The Beggar's Opera, The End of Old Times, Audience, Tři v tom
Josef SomrActorClosely Watched Trains, 30 Maidens and Pythagoras, The Snowdrop Festival, The End of Old Times, Povídka Malostranská
Bohumil HrabalActorClosely Watched Trains, Cutting It Short, Larks on a String, The Snowdrop Festival, Pearls of the Deep
Zdeněk SvěrákActorMy Sweet Little Village, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, 30 Maidens and Pythagoras, Secluded, Near Woods, Who Looks for Gold?
Movies and TV shows
81970s
8 titles · average score 70
66
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (1979)
Director, Screenplay
Minden szerdán (1979)
as János - államtitkár
64
The Apple Game (1978)
as MUDr. Josef John
30 Maidens and Pythagoras (1977)
as profesor matematiky Ludolf
79
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Director
Who Looks for Gold? (1974)
Screenplay, Director
Sechse kommen durch die Welt (1972)
as Soldat
Mandragora (1971)
Stage Director, Director