Acting
Jiří Menzel
- Titles
- 78movies9TV 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 Trains83/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.7average 2.6
- Satire & Parody4.8average 2.3
- Politics4.6average 2.6
- Situational Comedy4.6average 2.7
- Nostalgia5.6average 3.6
- Social Commentary6.5average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.7average 3.3
- Absurdist Humor3.3average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.9, average 5.1
- Violence2.4, average 4.3
- Contemporary Realism3.7, average 5.2
- Scare1.2, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Setting 4
- Character Study 3
- Quirky Characters 3
- Czech New Wave 3
- Social Commentary 2
- Political Allegory 2
- Satirical 2
- Dark Humor 2
- European Cinema 2
- Philosophical 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- JJaromír ŠofrCinematographerCapricious Summer, I Served the King of England, Closely Watched Trains, My Sweet Little Village, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, +11 more
- JJiří ŠustComposerCapricious Summer, Closely Watched Trains, My Sweet Little Village, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Cutting It Short, +7 more
Jiří BrožekEditorI Served the King of England, Operation Dunaj, My Sweet Little Village, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, The Don Juans, +7 more
Rudolf HrušínskýActorCapricious Summer, One Moment, My Sweet Little Village, Cutting It Short, The Snowdrop Festival, +6 more- JJiřina LukešováEditorCapricious Summer, Closely Watched Trains, Larks on a String, Secluded, Near Woods, Crime at the Girls School, +4 more
Vlastimil BrodskýActorCapricious Summer, Closely Watched Trains, Larks on a String, 30 Maidens and Pythagoras, Too Loud A Solitude, +1 more
František ŘehákActorCapricious Summer, Cutting It Short, Larks on a String, Who Looks for Gold?, Setkání v Praze, s vraždou, +1 more
Josef SomrActorClosely Watched Trains, The Snowdrop Festival, 30 Maidens and Pythagoras, The End of Old Times, Povídka Malostranská
Josef AbrhámActorI Served the King of England, The Beggar's Opera, The End of Old Times, Tři v tom, Audience
Bohumil HrabalActorClosely Watched Trains, Cutting It Short, The Snowdrop Festival, Larks on a String, Pearls of the Deep
Petr ČepekActorMy Sweet Little Village, Cutting It Short, The Snowdrop Festival, Ferat Vampire, Tři v tom
Zdeněk SvěrákActorMy Sweet Little Village, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Secluded, Near Woods, 30 Maidens and Pythagoras, Who Looks for Gold?
Movies and TV shows
282020s
1 title
Brouk v hlavě (2020)
Stage Director
2010s
2 titles
The Don Juans (2013)
Director, Writer
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions (2011)
Director
2000s
3 titles · average score 74
82
I Served the King of England (2007)
Director, Screenplay
66
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)
Director, Screenplay
One Moment (2002)
Director
1990s
5 titles · average score 67
57
The Beggar's Opera (1991)
Screenplay, Creative Producer
77
Larks on a String (1990)
as Convict
67
The End of Old Times (1990)
Screenplay, Director
Audience (1990)
Director
1980s
5 titles · average score 74
Die Schokoladenschnüffler (1986)
Director
79
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Director
70
The Snowdrop Festival (1984)
Director, Screenplay
74
Cutting It Short (1981)
Screenplay, Director
Tři v tom (1981)
Director
1970s
4 titles · average score 69
64
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (1979)
Screenplay, Director
75
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Director
Who Looks for Gold? (1974)
Screenplay, Director
Mandragora (1971)
Director
1960s
8 titles · average score 68
69
Capricious Summer (1968)
as Arnoštek
62
Crime in the Night Club (1968)
as Klaun
83
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
as Dr. Brabec
58
Pearls of the Deep (1966)
as Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Crime at the Girls School (1966)
Director, Screenplay
Our Mr. Foerster Died (1963)
Director, Screenplay
70
Something Different (1963)
First Assistant Director
Prefabricated Houses (1960)
Screenplay, Director