Jiří Trnka Movies

Folk art–like hand-drawn stills illustrate this sweetly simple pastoral fable, in which a peasant comes into possession of a small...

Short film made by Bretislav Pojar

Two mischievous frost spirits make things chilly for a pair of travelers in this wintry comic folktale.

"Román s basou" is another short by master a stop-motion puppet-animator Jiri Trnka. The story is based on Anton Chekhovs story "Roman s...

The first Czech cartoon based on a fairy-tale about grandpa, grandma, their granddaughter, dog and cat who all wanted to pull a big beet out from the...

A barrel organ grinder meets the devil on a mysterious moonlit night in this haunted-house fable, which showcases Trnka’s atmospheric use of...

The second cartoon by Jiri Trnka that was a sensation at the festival in Cannes in 1946 when it defeated the world animation elite of the time. It is...

Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.

After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the...

The first full-length puppet film made by Jiri Trnka. Like the painter Ales who illustrated the national songs, Trnka depicts the traditional customs...

Short movie by Bretislav Pojar

Short documentary on "the Walt Disney of Eastern Europe", Czech puppet animation director Jirí Trnka.

The passion for high speed can nowadays almost be seen in the new-born. The film shows that such passion, if not controlled, is self-destructing and...