Jiří Menzel Movies

A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into music instruments. Great mystery is immediately...

A parable for the end of totalitarianism. Three protagonists - a high official, a secretary, and a border guard - representative of three...

After many years, Anka Lomnická, a former countess and emigrant, arrives in Prague. By chance, she finds herself seated next to two characters...

Story of an extraordinary musician, violinist, who was famous, but his alcoholism led him to poverty. Now he is playing time from time to rich...

A film in five episodes, all based on an attempt to show the life of young people today, their feelings and relationships, their behaviour in public...

Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.

The story of a family that is forced to flee the ČSSR in 1969 and seeks a new home in Germany.

A student work by Jiří Menzel, filmed during his second year at the FAMU film school. Views of old Prague and its tenement buildings,...

Poetic, affectionate, lyrical, and elegy for actor Rudolf Hrusinsky composed of a wordless montage of slowed film footage spanning Hrusinsky’s...

Jiří Suchý recalls two of the most prominent artistic and creative figures in Czechoslovak culture of the last century:...

A celebrated theatre director’s perfect life unravels when his wife’s secret lover exposes the hollowness beneath his success, leading to...

The series of children's films about Detective Martin, who intervenes in cases involving children, begins with this film. It consists of two short...

Kateřina works at an inn run by her evil stepmother. One day, she meets a young man she doesn't know in the forest. He is Prince Jan, and he is...

Managers at the construction of a big hydro plant are accused of having embezzled money.

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...

A passionate communist worker is discouraged by the changing political climate and the failure of his peers to live up to his ideals.

The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost...