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Jiří Menzel, 1966

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Jiří Menzel (1938 - 2020) was an actor, writer, and one of the leading filmmakers of the Czech New Wave of the 1960s. In 1966 Jiri released his first film CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Unlike most of his colleagues like Milos Forman, Jan Nemec, and Ivan Passer, Menzel did not emigrate after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia of 1968. 🎞 In 1969, Jiri finished his film LARKS ON A STRING, a tragic description of life under totalitarian rule, and was immediately banned by the communist regime. After the anti-communist revolution in 1989, the film was released and won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. He would direct around 15 feature films including CUTTING IT SHORT, THE SNOWDROP FESTIVAL, I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND and his Academy nominated MY SWEET LITTLE VILLAGE in 1985. #RestInPictures #JiriMenzel #RIP https://www.instagram.com/p/CE9lV20lgNc/?igshid=yp5ec5bcm38s