Jiří Trnka Movies

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

Short film made by Bretislav Pojar

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...

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

A poor fisherman catches the golden fish that promises him to fulfil three wishes if he sets her free again. He does so and the fish fulfils two of...

An old woodblock train meets its shiny new electric replacement one Christmas Eve in this glowingly nostalgic stop-motion toy story, directed by...

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...

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...

Anti-war animation about man's passions for self-destruction by experimenting with dangerous chemicals.

Short movie by Bretislav Pojar

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

A fable about a fox who wanted to drown a pitcher to get revenge on him.