Jiří Brdečka Movies

The first animated picture made by Jiří Trnka for adults. It is a comic story of a legendary chimney-cleaner who, with the help of a...

A fanciful apocryphal tale about the famous Greek scholar, who is determined not to have his mind taken off educating young Alexander the Great,...

A young aristocrat is madly in love with an inventor, but her parents arrange her marriage to an old army general.

This melancholy piece about the metamorphoses of love and the eternal dissatisfaction of human beings with what they have was inspired by the lyrics...

Another well-known children's story. Jiří Brdečka made it on commission for his friend, Italian producer Max Massimino-Garnier, as...

An experimental study in black and white tracing the stages of human life through the transformation of a man’s face.

The poetical story, based on a late Gothic song about the serene and fulfilling relationship of two lovers, is expressed through the minimalist...

A short film promoting contemporary cosmetic products against the backdrop of an entertaining history of cosmetics.

One of a trilogy of animated shorts based on Moravian folk ballads.

Trnka reached new heights of modernist abstraction with this innovative, surrealist mini-masterwork, which critic Jean-Pierre Coursodon praised as...

One of a trilogy of animated shorts based on Moravian folk ballads.

A short, humorous history of aviation based on Kamil Lhoták's book "Balloons, Wings, Propellers."

A satirical agitprop piece on dieting. The protagonist is a man trying to slim down in various ways; his attempts are radical but inconsistent, and...

A grotesque story about the mischievous bunny's antics while decorating Easter eggs.

The film tries to persuade young viewers that they should only watch TV after having completed their duties; it shows them (and their parents) what...

This anti-war piece presents an exaggerated, satirical overview of the evolution of weapons from a prehistoric club to the atomic bomb.

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