Jiří Menzel Movies

  • 1966
    Closely Watched Trains

    Closely Watched Trains

    Closely Watched Trains

    7.31966HD

    At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity....

    Closely Watched Trains
  • 1966
    Daisies

    Daisies

    Daisies

    7.31966HD

    Two teenage girls embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world around them.

    Daisies
  • 1969
    The Cremator

    The Cremator

    The Cremator

    7.71969HD

    In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

    The Cremator
  • 1990
    Larks on a String

    Larks on a String

    Larks on a String

    71990HD

    In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is...

    Larks on a String
  • 2007
    I Served the King of England

    I Served the King of England

    I Served the King of England

    6.92007HD

    Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the...

    I Served the King of England
  • 1991
    The Elementary School

    The Elementary School

    The Elementary School

    7.41991HD

    The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined...

    The Elementary School
  • 2002
    Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

    Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

    Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

    6.62002HD

    Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting married and having a child; a four split scene short...

    Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
  • 1982
    Ferat Vampire

    Ferat Vampire

    Ferat Vampire

    5.61982HD

    A doctor is shocked when his beloved colleague Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a...

    Ferat Vampire
  • 1966
    Pearls of the Deep

    Pearls of the Deep

    Pearls of the Deep

    61966HD

    A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s...

    Pearls of the Deep
  • 1963
    Something Different

    Something Different

    Something Different

    6.31963HD

    In her first feature, Věra Chytilová uses a combination of documentary and fiction film techniques to tell two stories in counterpoint....

    Something Different
  • 1994
    Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

    Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

    Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

    6.41994HD

    Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed with intelligence, is left to...

    Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
  • 1976
    Secluded, Near Woods

    Secluded, Near Woods

    Secluded, Near Woods

    7.41976HD

    The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell the...

    Secluded, Near Woods
  • 1968
    Capricious Summer

    Capricious Summer

    Capricious Summer

    6.7041968HD

    Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It...

    Capricious Summer
  • 1985
    My Sweet Little Village

    My Sweet Little Village

    My Sweet Little Village

    7.31985HD

    The movie's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a young man, in a tight-knit village community. The sweet-tempered Otík works as...

    My Sweet Little Village
  • 1984
    The Snowdrop Festival

    The Snowdrop Festival

    The Snowdrop Festival

    6.51984HD

    This movie is based on texts of Bohumil Hrabal, world-known Czech prosaic. It's a story (in a form of a mosaic of short episodes and pictures) about...

    The Snowdrop Festival
  • 1981
    Cutting It Short

    Cutting It Short

    Cutting It Short

    7.31981HD

    Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but...

    Cutting It Short
  • 2018
    The Interpreter

    The Interpreter

    The Interpreter

    62018HD

    80-year-old Ali Ungar comes across a book by a former SS officer describing his wartime activities in Slovakia. He realises his parents were executed...

    The Interpreter
  • 1999
    All My Loved Ones

    All My Loved Ones

    All My Loved Ones

    7.21999HD

    Told from the perspective of man reflecting on his childhood in Prague in the early years of World War II and the eventual destruction of his family...

    All My Loved Ones
  • 2012
    Signál

    Signál

    Signál

    4.42012HD

    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...

    Signál
  • 1993
    Everything I Like

    Everything I Like

    Everything I Like

    6.41993HD

    A film about the uncertainties faced by a man in post-Communist Slovakia, his relationship with a teenage son and English teacher girlfriend who's...

    Everything I Like