Jiří Brdečka Movies

The film tries to persuade young viewers that they should only watch TV after having completed their duties; it shows them (and their parents) what...

A short, humorous history of aviation based on Kamil Lhoták's book "Balloons, Wings, Propellers."

A hunter goes out to the forest, followed by his lady love. Things do not go well, as documented in song.

The cartoon film sets out to justify the existence of UNESCO as an instrument for world peace.

This tongue-in-cheek variation on the popular theme of the mysterious smile on Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting narrates the Maestro's...

The first animated picture made by Jiří Trnka for adults. It is a comic story of a legendary chimney-cleaner who, with the help of a...

One of a trilogy of animated shorts based on Moravian folk ballads.

Another one of Brdečka's variations on the topic of love, with unusual protagonists: a spider and a destitute poet who live in friendship in one...

This original adaptation of Oscar Wilde's sad, socially conscious fairy tale, The Happy Prince, hinges on the conflict between fact and dream,...

A fanciful apocryphal tale about the famous Greek scholar, who is determined not to have his mind taken off educating young Alexander the Great,...

Another well-known children's story. Jiří Brdečka made it on commission for his friend, Italian producer Max Massimino-Garnier, as...

The poetical story, based on a late Gothic song about the serene and fulfilling relationship of two lovers, is expressed through the minimalist...

A meat-eating monarch marries a vegetarian princess.

One of a trilogy of animated shorts based on Moravian folk ballads.