CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

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


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7h 28m 2018 HD

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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