His first feature, Closely Watched Trains, won the best foreign expression 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 Menzelova said on Sunday.

“Our dear Jiri, the bravest of the brave. Your body left our prosaic macrocosm in our appendages last nighttime, ” she wrote on Facebook.

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