Menzel , a member of the Czech New Wave , became internationally famous in 1967 , when his first feature film , '' Closely Watched Trains '' , won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . His controversial film '' Larks on a String '' was filmed in 1969 , but was initially banned by the Czechoslovakian government . It was finally released in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime . The film won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival
40th Berlin International Film Festival
40th Berlin International Film Festival
Jiří Menzel