Jiří Menzel

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I Served the King of England
7.3

I Served the King of England

Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the ...
Prefabricated Houses
5.5

Prefabricated Houses

Jan. 01, 1960

Prefabricated Houses

A student work by Jiří Menzel, filmed during his second year at the FAMU film school. Views of old Prague and its tenement buildings, symbolizing ...
Larks on a String
7.3

Larks on a String

Feb. 01, 1990

Larks on a String

In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them ...
Closely Watched Trains
7.6

Closely Watched Trains

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. ...
Cutting It Short
7.6

Cutting It Short

Feb. 06, 1981

Cutting It Short

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