Tag Archives: Jiri Menzel

the train station in the center of Europe (film: Closely Watched Trains – Jiri Menzel, 1966)

Posted on November 5, 2020 by admin

Films from Czechoslovakia were among the hottest and most interesting topics of world cinema in the mid-60s. In 1966, when he made ‘Closely Watched Trains‘, Jirí Menzel was 28 years old and this was his first feature film. He won … Continue reading →

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the film that has been imprisoned for 20 years (Film: Skrivánci na niti/Larks on a String – Jirí Menzel, 1969/1990)

Posted on August 16, 2018 by admin

It’s 50 years almost day-to-day since the Red Army and the armies of several “fraternal” states invaded the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and put an end to the experiment of socialism with a human face that had been tried by Alexander … Continue reading →

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