Jiri Menzel

Date and place of Birth (location)

23 February 1938 in Prague

Mini biography:

Son of writer and journalist Josef Menzel. He studied Film Academy in Prague, brnache of directing, from 1957 to 1962. His debut film Ostre sledovane vlaky was awarded by American Prize Oscar. He cooperated with various Czech theatres (Semafor, Disk, Na zabradli, Cinoherni klub) and abroad, too (for example B. Johnson: Alchymist).

His school works: (director if it is not marked something else)

Domy z panelu (1960)
Umrel nam pan Foerster (1959)

Movies:

O necem jinem (1963) - only second assistent of director
Perlicky na dne: povidka Smrt pana Baltazara (1965) - also screenplay
Zlocin v divci skole: one of three stories(1965)
Ostre sledovane vlaky (1966) - also coscreen (with Bohumil Hrabal) - awarded by American Prize Oscar
Rozmarne leto (1967 - also coscreen (with Vaclav Nyvlt)
Zlocin v santanu (1968) - also screenplay
Telo Diany (1968) - director of Czech version
Skrivanci na niti (1969) - also coscreen (with Bohumil Hrabal)
Kdo hleda zlate dno (1974) - also screenplay
Promeny krajiny (1974) - also screenplay, short documentary film
Na samote u lesa (1976)
Bajecni muzi s klikou (1978) - also coscreen (with Oldrich Vlcek)
Postriziny (1980) - also coscreen (with Bohumil Hrabal)
Vesnicko ma, strediskova (1985)
Cokoladovi cmuchalove (Die Schokoladenschnueffler) - in Austria
Konec starych casu (1989)
Zebracka opera (1991)
Zivot a neobycejna dobrodruzstvi vojaka Ivana Conkina

Actor:

Kazdy den odvahu (1964) - host v hostinci
Kdyby tisic klarinetu (1964) - vojín Schulze
Misto v houfu: 1. povidka (1964)- tajemnik CSM
Obzalovany (1964)- obhajce Horacek
Bloudeni (1965) - Dohnal
Nikdo se nebude smat (1965) - Goldman
Perlicky na dne: 1. povidka (1965) - cyklista
Flam (1966) - chuligan
Hotel pro cizince (1966) - pikolik
Navrat ztraceneho syna (1966) - Jiri
Ostre sledovane vlaky (1966) - dr. Brabec
Dita Saxova (1967) - Herbert Lagus
Rozmarne leto (1967) - kouzelnik Arnostek
Soukroma vichrice(1967)
Spalovac mrtvol (1968)- Dvorak
Zlocin v santanu (1968)- klaun
Nevesta (1970) - reporter
30 panen a Pythagoras (1973) - prof. Ludolf
Hra o jablko (1976) - dr. Josef John
Bajecni muzi s klikou (1978)- Jan Kolenaty
Hra na telo (1979) - Klima
Modra planeta (1979) - ing. Pavlik
Minden szerdan/Kazdou stredu (1979)
Koportos (1979)
Buldoci a tresne (1981) - cisnik
Felhojatek/Hra v oblacich (1981)
Szizvur/Srdecni problemy (1981)
Srdecny pozdrav ze zemekoule (1982) - dr. Jansky
Upir z Feratu (1982) - dr. Marek
Fandy, o Fandy (1983) - ing. Ruzicka
Das Lange Gespraech mit dem Vogel (1992)/TV
La Petite apocalypse (1993)- Stan
Joint Venture (1994)- Adamec

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This page was created by Jan Lipsansky on 17th November 1996.
Thanks for place to GEOCITIES.