Jiří Brdečka Movies

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...

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

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.

The title of this highly-regarded Czech drama translates as Wolf Trap. Set in the 1920s, the story revolves around an ambitious young provincial...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

After the flying machines of "How Man Learned to Fly," this next popular science installment by Jiří Brdečka focuses on the history...