CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
“A provocative, witty and intimate insight into one of cinema's most important movements”
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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.
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Edited by Irene Dhar MalikShot by David Calek
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37 unique people credited
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20Ivan Passer
as Self
Milos Forman
as Self
Juraj Jakubisko
as Self
Vera Chytilova
as Self
Karel Kachyna
as Self
Pavel Juracek
as Self
Jan Kadar
as Self
Raoul Coutard
as Self
Elmar Klos
as Self
Ester Krumbachova
as Self
Jaromil Jires
as Self
Ken Loach
as Self
Juraj Herz
as Self
Otakar Vavra
as Self
Vojtech Jasny
as Self
Eduard Grecner
as Self
Dusan Dusek
as Self
Emir Kusturica
as Self
Agnieszka Holland
as Self
Istvan Szabo
as Self
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