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Jiri Menzel, Oscar-winning Czech film director, dies at 82 – The Guardian
His first feature, Closely Watched Trains, won the best foreign language film in 1967

Oscar-winning Czech film director Jiri Menzel has died aged 82 after battling serious health problems for a long time, his wife Olga Menzelová said on Sunday.
Our dear Jiri, the bravest of the brave. Your body left our mundane world in our arms last night, she wrote on Facebook.
Menzel won an Academy Award for the best foreign language film with Closely Watched Trains, a second world war drama, in 1967.
Born on 23 February 1938, Menzel studied film direction in Prague, graduating in 1962. In …
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