Václav Trojan Movies

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

Genre: Animation

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

Genre: Animation

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"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...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Jan Pivec

Bayaya, a young peasant, protected by the spirit of his dead mother, arrives at the castle of the King, where he entertains his three daughters. He...

Genre: Animation

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Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Helena Patočková

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Oldřich Musil

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Otomar Korbelář

Trnka brings to life a surrealist circus of tightrope-walking fish, musical monkeys, balancing bears, and high-flying acrobatics in this whimsical...

Genre: Animation

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A monumental piece of art bringing the heroes of the ancient Czech myths back to life. The picture consists of seven parts: Cech the Forefather,...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Zdeněk Štěpánek

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Cast: Zdeňka Poláčková

A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three...

Genre: Family

Cast: Jan Werich

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

Genre: Animation

Cast: Růžena Nasková

How do you wake up a sleeping puppet? Made by Trnka in collaboration with actor and puppeteer Josef Pehr, this winsome mix of live action and puppet...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Josef Pehr

"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...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Jan Pivec

A happy little potter is approached by a huge hand which wants him to sculpt its statue. The potter refuses, wanting nothing more than to be left...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Ladislav Fialka

Genre: Animation

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Genre: Animation

Cast: Jan Werich

Genre: Animation

Cast: Jan Werich

Genre: Animation

Cast: Jan Werich

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Felix le Breux

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jiří Němeček

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

Genre: Animation

Cast: Václav Voska

The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Rudolf Pellar

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jiří Trnka

This lyrical comedy story takes place in two hot days in the small South Bohemian village. On the shore of a small pond, summer guests and local...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vlasta Fabianová

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jiřina Švorcová

Genre: Music

Cast: Jiří Kyselák

Genre: Animation

Cast: Josef Pehr

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

Genre: Animation

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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...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Jiřina Stránská

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...

Genre: Animation

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