Hermína Týrlová Movies

Ferda Mravenec (Ferda The Ant, 1944 ) runs over ten minutes, telling the tale of an ant colony versus a spider. This one is teeming with characters,...

An animated short film that explains in a pedagogical way how the radio transmission works. Created by Czech filmmakers it was commissioned by...

Two little figures are born from the wool clippings, who compete for the wool doll's favor and try to impress her with their bizarre antics.

A snowman comes to life in this charming and playful stop motion short. In danger of melting once spring rolls around, the snowman eventually departs...

A fairy tale for children about correcting a selfish chick.

In WWII Czechoslovakia, an old toymaker incorporates secret messages in his models to fool the Germans. They find him out and he flees. As the...

A romantic story between two wool skeins.

Different animals play with a marble in this whimsical story from Hermína Týrlová, ‘the mother of Czech animation’

Another of Hermína Týrlová's "wool fairy tales" tells about two children who decorated a Christmas tree.

A poetic and colorful tale at the bottom of the sea.

A stop-motion animated fairy tale about good and evil using wooden folk toys.

An animated film that recounts the events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ described in the New Testament.

An episode from a series of fairy tales tells the story of correcting the behavior of a mischievous and devilish boy. When the boy gets glued to a...

Puppet adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.