Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel dies aged 82

Filmovy a divadelni reziser Jiri Menzel (na snimku) prevzal 23. kvetna v Praze z rukou ministryne kultury Aleny Hanakove cenu Artis Bohemiae Amicis (Pratele ceskeho umeni). ***FILE PHOTO*** Czech director Jiri Menzel with the Artis Bohemiae Amicis Award in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23, 2013. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt) *** Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel died on Saturday evening on September 5, 2020, aged 82, his wife Olga Menzelova wrote on Facebook late on Sunday and Menzel's assistant Mila Radova confirmed the information to CTK.