Jiří Trnka
Director

Jiří Trnka

24
Works
24
Films
0
Series
5.6
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Two Little Frosts
Film
6.5
1955

Two Little Frosts

Two mischievous frost spirits make things chilly for a pair of travelers in this wintry comic folkta…
Kutasek and Kutilka
Film
7.0
1954

Kutasek and Kutilka

How do you wake up a sleeping puppet? Made by Trnka in collaboration with actor and puppeteer Josef …
Old Czech Legends
Film
6.4
1953

Old Czech Legends

A monumental piece of art bringing the heroes of the ancient Czech myths back to life. The picture c…
The Merry Circus
Film
5.1
1951

The Merry Circus

Trnka brings to life a surrealist circus of tightrope-walking fish, musical monkeys, balancing bears…
The Golden Fish
Film
5.7
1951

The Golden Fish

A poor fisherman catches the golden fish that promises him to fulfil three wishes if he sets her fre…
Prince Bayaya
Film
6.1
1951

Prince Bayaya

Bayaya, a young peasant, protected by the spirit of his dead mother, arrives at the castle of the Ki…
Story of the Bass Cello
Film
5.5
1949

Story of the Bass Cello

"Román s basou" is another short by master a stop-motion puppet-animator Jiri Trnka. The story is ba…
Song of the Prairie
Film
5.5
1949

Song of the Prairie

An animated singing western short in which a cowboy takes on the villain to save his beloved.…
The Emperor's Nightingale
Film
5.3
1949

The Emperor's Nightingale

Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of …