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I Served the King of England review by jimweibo from St. Albans

Worth Czeching out 7 March 2010
...I saw Jiri Menzel's masterpiece 'Closely observed trains' decades ago, in my undergraduate days. There wasn't much about trains in it. In Menzel's latest (and frankly le... Read customer review

Larks On A String review by Stryker66 from

Charming 60's satirical comedy 14 September 2011
...een one of the great modern Czech writers Bohumil Hrabal and acclaimed Director Jiri Menzel. Two years previously they had produced 'Closely Observed Trains' a WW2 set sat... Read customer review

I Served the King of England on DVD (2006)
Starring: Pavel Nový, Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser
Director: Jiri Menzel
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Humorous wartime film, adapted from the novel by Bohumil Hrabal, following Jan Dite (Ivan Barnev), a waiter fixated on his dream of becoming a hotel owner and millionaire. In 1930s Prague, hotel waiter Jan longs for the life of the rich and famous guests he has to serve. Exploiting every ..read more »

63% from 694 members

Larks On A String on DVD (1969)
Starring: Rudolf Hrusinsky, Vlastimil Brodsky
Director: Jiri Menzel, Jirí Menzel
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Czech filmmaker Jiri Menzel directs this comedy drama set in a labour camp in 1950s Communist-run Prague. The film tells the stories of the various characters interned in the labour camp-cum-scrapyard, who have been deemed counter-revolutionary and 'bourgeois' by the Czech government and are now ..read more »

69% from 78 members

Capricious Summer (1968)
Starring: Vlastimil Brodsky, Rudolf Hruskinsky, Jiri Menzel
Director: Jiri Menzel
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A radical change from other films of the Czech New Wave, this 1967 comedy focused on middle age as it approaches the film's characters. Set during the turn of the century, CAPRICIOUS SUMMER camps out with a group of vacationers who feel they are rapidly aging. Things get worse--and slightly chaotic-..read more »

70% from 8 members
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The Cremator on DVD (1968)
Starring: Jiri Menzel, Vlasta Chramostova, Rudolf Hrusinsky
Director: Juraj Herz
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Foreign drama based on the novel by Ladislav Fuks. The film centres around the demonic, death obsessed Karl Kopfrkingl (Rudolf Hrusinsky). He is the owner of a crematorium in the early stages of the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia who finds in the situation an opportunity to fulfil his business ..read more »

72% from 598 members

Closely Observed Trains on DVD (1966)
Starring: Josef Sommer, Vaclav Neckar
Director: Jiri Menzel
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An example of Czech 'New Wave' Cinema, Jiri Menzel's film is set during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, but is primarily concerned with an apprentice train guard's attempts to lose his virginity while on duty at a rural railway depot. Winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar of 1966.

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I Served the King of England - 3.0 stars
Larks On A String - 3.5 stars
Capricious Summer - 3.5 stars
The Cremator - 3.5 stars
Closely Observed Trains - 3.5 stars

The Cremator - 3.5 stars
Closely Observed Trains - 3.5 stars
Larks On A String - 3.5 stars
I Served the King of England - 3.0 stars
Capricious Summer - 3.5 stars

Capricious Summer - 3.5 stars
I Served the King of England - 3.0 stars
Larks On A String - 3.5 stars
Closely Observed Trains - 3.5 stars
The Cremator - 3.5 stars

Vlastimil Brodsky - 4 times - show films
Milan Lasica - 3 times - show films
Rudolf Hrusinsky - 3 times - show films
Josef Abrhám - 3 times - show films
Oldrich Kaiser - 3 times - show films

Jirí Menzel - 2 times - show films
Juraj Herz - 1 times - show films
Bernardo Bertolucci - 1 times - show films
Mike Figgis - 1 times - show films

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