Břetislav Pojar Movies

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

The sequel to the successful film Fimfárum by Jan Werich. Four brand new stories “for clever children and clever adults” from the...

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...

Short animation that makes fun of art snobs.

A short animated film by the award-winning artist Bretislav Pojar on the question of the economic consequences of the arms race. The film poses the...

When a man becomes blind, his life is all turned around. He can only use his touch to get around in his house. The objects become enemies. But an...

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

A view of man's perpetual struggle for self-destruction, in which we glimpse a world where rockets are part of everyone's lives.

Short movie by Bretislav Pojar

A tragicomic adaptation of Darwin’s theory of evolution. An earthworm becomes man, goes through all historical epochs until the present day,...

Pojar’s wickedly humourous satire pokes gentle fun at a speechmaker so enamoured with the sound of his own voice, he is oblivious to the effect...

This is one of three 15 minute cat films made by Bretislav Pojar in 1960-61. It features mime artist Ladislav Fialka as the painter Honza. He gets...