Jiří Brdečka Filmes

A biographical film about the traveler Emil Holub, conceived as an illustrative story of an exceptional man, who, however, encounters the disinterest...

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...

A careful motorcyclist stops by a cozy pub on his way home to his sweetheart.

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

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

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...

An agitprop piece lampooning a perceived blemish on contemporary society — short notices in shop windows offering a pithy explanation of why...

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

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

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

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

A grotesque tale about the adventures of the owners of a miraculous heavenly coat that has the power to turn even the most hardened villain into a...

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

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

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

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