Jiří Brdečka Movies

  • 1966
    Joy of Love

    Joy of Love

    Joy of Love

    61966HD

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

    Joy of Love
  • 1963
    How to Keep Slim

    How to Keep Slim

    How to Keep Slim

    41963HD

    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...

    How to Keep Slim
  • 1979
    Prince and the Evening Star

    Prince and the Evening Star

    Prince and the Evening Star

    5.91979HD

    A wonderful fairytale about looking for love, defeating evil and learning some valuable moral lessons on the way. The story begins with the young...

    Prince and the Evening Star
  • 1956
    Baton Out of the Bag

    Baton Out of the Bag

    Baton Out of the Bag

    6.3461956HD

    A poor musician with a good heart, as a reward for sharing even the last piece of bread despite being hungry himself, is rewarded with a miraculous...

    Baton Out of the Bag
  • 1962
    Ceiling

    Ceiling

    Ceiling

    5.31962HD

    The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost...

    Ceiling
  • 1976
    The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze

    The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze

    The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze

    11976HD

    A combined film, or rather personal profile, in which the naive paintings of quirky comedian and self-taught painter Josef Hlinomaze are brought to...

    The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze
  • 1949
    The Emperor's Nightingale

    The Emperor's Nightingale

    The Emperor's Nightingale

    5.31949HD

    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 Emperor's Nightingale
  • 1953
    Old Czech Legends

    Old Czech Legends

    Old Czech Legends

    6.41953HD

    A monumental piece of art bringing the heroes of the ancient Czech myths back to life. The picture consists of seven parts: Cech the Forefather,...

    Old Czech Legends
  • 1954
    Kavárna na hlavní třídě

    Kavárna na hlavní třídě

    Kavárna na hlavní třídě

    61954HD

    On his first day in a new place, waiter Josef Kučera stands up for his old servant Bartoš and bellhop Svát. His actions earn him...

    Kavárna na hlavní třídě
  • 1972
    The Stolen Battle

    The Stolen Battle

    The Stolen Battle

    6.51972HD

    In 1757, the second year of the Seven Years' War, Frederick II the Great stands at the gates of Prague. He has been trying to take the city for...

    The Stolen Battle
  • 1948
    Love and the Zeppelin

    Love and the Zeppelin

    Love and the Zeppelin

    71948HD

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

    Love and the Zeppelin
  • 1953
    O světle

    O světle

    O světle

    01953HD

    O světle
  • 1978
    Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

    Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

    Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

    7.51978HD

    When famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes...

    Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
  • 1981
    The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

    The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

    The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

    61981HD

    In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpithians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions...

    The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
  • 1959
    Why UNESCO?

    Why UNESCO?

    Why UNESCO?

    01959HD

    The cartoon film sets out to justify the existence of UNESCO as an instrument for world peace.

    Why UNESCO?
  • 1947
    The Gift

    The Gift

    The Gift

    5.21947HD

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

    The Gift
  • 1982
    Das Feuer des Faust

    Das Feuer des Faust

    Das Feuer des Faust

    01982HD

    Faustus wants to invent a fire that is stronger than all previous flames. Then death approaches him. In order to prolong his life, he makes a pact...

    Das Feuer des Faust
  • 1951
    Mouchy

    Mouchy

    Mouchy

    01951HD

    Mouchy
  • 1966
    Forester’s Song

    Forester’s Song

    Forester’s Song

    01966HD

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

    Forester’s Song
  • 1980
    Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber

    Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber

    Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber

    81980HD

    A meat-eating monarch marries a vegetarian princess.

    Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber