Topic: Jiri Menzel

Closely Watched Trains

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 922 days ago
Closely Watched Trains from Czechoslovakia, directed by Jiri Menzel. Director Menzel deftly handles the wry and charming story, blending a droll sensibility with moments of great seriousness, including a casual view of an unsuccessful suicide attempt by the affable lead and an ...

Movie's history outdoes its story

guardian.co.uk - 1322 days ago
Lies, legal battles, broken promises and public canings - the story behind the film adaptation of Bohumil Hrabal's novel I Served the King of England is worthy of one of the late Czech writer's own plots.Jiri Menzel's transformation of ...

Czech bounces back

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1378 days ago
Jiri Menzel, the Czech director who made such classics as Closely Observed Trains before his career was stymied for years by the communist authorities, returns to his best form with this picaresque tale based on a novel by Bohumil Hrabal.. It allows ...