Jiří Menzel Movies

The second installment of children's stories investigator Dr. Martin. The film has two stories:

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

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

Prague 1994, hotbed of international profiteers. Here you can still find buyers for discarded everyday objects, here you can still buy cheap houses -...

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

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

The theft of a pearl necklace and subsequent murder took place at the Tartaros cabaret. All this could compromise the minister, who is an admirer of...

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...

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...

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

A comedy about a charismatic man who lacks the confidence of his surroundings. However, he was not completely satisfied with the original script and...

The film tells the life story of its director, Jan Nemec, one of the most known and important filmmakers of Czech New Wave.

The aging police commissioner, who has a twenty-five-year-old fiancée, Olga, is disturbed at his sixtieth birthday party by the news from the...

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

A lyrical story from the beginning of 20th century, with the atmosphere of a small-town environment, distinctive characters, and a subtle analysis of...

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

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

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

The love story of students Jana and Tomáš begins in Prague just after the establishment of the First Republic. Their impulsive "escape...