CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

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CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

Criterion Channel
Criterion Channel

A provocative, witty and intimate insight into one of cinema's most important movements

6.5(2 votes)
2018
7h 28m
Documentary
czechoslovakiadirectorcommunism1960sczech new wavefilm school

Overview

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.