Jiří Trnka Movies
- 1949
The Emperor's Nightingale
The Emperor's Nightingale5.31949HD
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...
- 1954
A Drop Too Much
A Drop Too Much5.81954HD
- 1949
Story of the Bass Cello
Story of the Bass Cello5.51949HD
"Román s basou" is another short by master a stop-motion puppet-animator Jiri Trnka. The story is based on Anton Chekhovs story "Roman s...
- 1949
Song of the Prairie
Song of the Prairie5.51949HD
An animated singing western short in which a cowboy takes on the villain to save his beloved.
- 1955
Two Little Frosts
Two Little Frosts6.51955HD
Two mischievous frost spirits make things chilly for a pair of travelers in this wintry comic folktale.
- 1951
The Golden Fish
The Golden Fish5.71951HD
A poor fisherman catches the golden fish that promises him to fulfil three wishes if he sets her free again. He does so and the fish fulfils two of...
- 1965
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose5.81965HD
Taken from Boccaccio's Decameron, this lovely puppet film tells the bawdy story of the beautiful young Venetian lady who confesses her sinful passion...
- 1977
How to Catch a Tiger
How to Catch a Tiger01977HD
Short movie by Bretislav Pojar
- 1967
Jiří Trnka
Jiří Trnka01967HD
Documentary about Jirí Trnka and how he works.
- 1999
Jirí Trnka: Puppet Animation Master
Jirí Trnka: Puppet Animation Master01999HD
Short documentary on "the Walt Disney of Eastern Europe", Czech puppet animation director Jirí Trnka.
- 1960
The Midnight Adventure
The Midnight Adventure61960HD
An old woodblock train meets its shiny new electric replacement one Christmas Eve in this glowingly nostalgic stop-motion toy story, directed by...
- 1947
The Gift
The Gift5.21947HD
Trnka reached new heights of modernist abstraction with this innovative, surrealist mini-masterwork, which critic Jean-Pierre Coursodon praised as...
- 1962
Zlý jelen
Zlý jelen01962HD
- 1951
The Gingerbread House
The Gingerbread House61951HD
- 1947
Míša Kulička
Míša Kulička01947HD
- 1956
Spejbl on the Trail
Spejbl on the Trail01956HD
- 1954
Kutasek and Kutilka
Kutasek and Kutilka71954HD
How do you wake up a sleeping puppet? Made by Trnka in collaboration with actor and puppeteer Josef Pehr, this winsome mix of live action and puppet...
- 1966
Joy of Love
Joy of Love61966HD
This melancholy piece about the metamorphoses of love and the eternal dissatisfaction of human beings with what they have was inspired by the lyrics...
- 1954
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče01954HD
- 1959
Skutečnost Noci svatojánské
Skutečnost Noci svatojánské01959HD