<p>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.</p>.<p>"Our dear Jiri, the bravest of the brave. Your body left our mundane world in our arms last night," she wrote on Facebook.</p>.<p>Menzel won the Academy Award for the best foreign language film with "Closely Watched Trains", a World War II drama, in 1967.</p>
<p>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.</p>.<p>"Our dear Jiri, the bravest of the brave. Your body left our mundane world in our arms last night," she wrote on Facebook.</p>.<p>Menzel won the Academy Award for the best foreign language film with "Closely Watched Trains", a World War II drama, in 1967.</p>