Jiří Brdečka Movies

A picture based on an old folk song tells us a horrifying story about a soldier returning home after twenty years. His parents do not recognize him,...

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

During his work assignment in Tamani Kingdom, Czech worker Lojza saves a local man from dying in the desert. Two years later, it turns out the saved...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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