Jiří Brdečka Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Lemonade Joe, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, Dinner for Adele, The and the Golem - These and other Czech cinematography film hits have on...

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,...

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

Reason and Emotion, personified as two gardeners, are opponents in a landscaping contest (French formal garden vs. English landscape park), but...

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