Jiří Brdečka Filmes

An absurd slapstick piece about a man immersed in his own dreams, refusing to accept everyday reality. He finds everyone obnoxious, children and...

An ironic anecdote about a fortune-teller perplexed by her customer who laughs at her reading of his palm. According to her, the man is to become a...

This animated precursor to music videos was made on commission for the American company Rembrandt Films. It illustrates an American folk song of the...

An animated singing western short in which a cowboy takes on the villain to save his beloved.

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

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...

Czechoslovakian cartoon version of Little Red Riding Hood. Here, Red Riding Hood's family finds a way to take care of the wolf.

Orpheus reconsidered, starting from animations of mosaic images. Eventually, there is lava.

Adapting a 1930s song, Brdečka presents a ballad of true love between a miner and his sweetheart in a tale that ends in tragedy.

Lemonade Joe, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, Dinner for Adele, The and the Golem - These and other Czech cinematography film hits have on...

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

A short animated film based on the American folk song about a logger in the habit of stirring his coffee with his thumb.

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

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

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

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

Another one of Brdečka's variations on the topic of love, with unusual protagonists: a spider and a destitute poet who live in friendship in one...

A meat-eating monarch marries a vegetarian princess.

A hunter goes out to the forest, followed by his lady love. Things do not go well, as documented in song.