Public get chance to pay last respects to director Menzel on Friday

People will be able to pay their final respects to Jiří Menzel at the Prague venue Rudolfinum next Friday, his widow Olga has announced. The Oscar-winning film director died last weekend at the age of 82.

Menzel’s funeral will be a private family affair but a book of condolences will be available for the public to sign between 10 am and 6 pm on Friday at the Rudolfinum, where there will also be an exception relating to his much-loved film Capricious Summer. A concert of music by the director’s favourite composer Mozart will be held at the Rudolfinum in the evening, as part of the festival Dvořák‘s Prague.