CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
“A provocative, witty and intimate insight into one of cinema's most important movements”
2018•7h 28m•6.5•Released
Documentary
An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel.
Director
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Languages
Russian, Hungarian, Czech
Cast
Jiří Menzel
Self
Antonín Máša
Self
Dušan Hanák
Self
Ivan Passer
Self
Miloš Forman
Self
Juraj Jakubisko
Self
Věra Chytilová
Self
Karel Kachyňa
Self
Pavel Juráček
Self
Ján Kadár
Self
Elmar Klos
Self
Ester Krumbachová
Self
Jaromil Jireš
Self
Ken Loach
Self
Juraj Herz
Self
Production
Producer
Teesha Elizabeth Cherian
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