Jirí Trnka

A man in his room dedicates to pottery and to take care of his only plant. But suddenly a huge hand enters the room and orders him to make a statue of itself. The man refuses and he's persecuted by the ominous gloved hand. (IMDB Comments)

A cello player goes for a swim, where he encounters a fisherwoman...

Bayaya, a young peasant, protected by the spirit of his dead mother, arrives at the castle of the King, where he entertains his three daughters. He soon realizes that the three princesses are nagged by evil spirits. The little peasant manages to rid them of them, fights a duel with a wicked lord who wanted to marry one of the three princesses. He finally wins the heart of the youngest sister while saving the soul of his mother who was in purgatory. (imdb)

Excellent stop-motion animation film from one of the best Czech filmmakers, Jirí Trnka. It tells the ancient story of Czechoslovakia, how it was founded by Czech, the Forefather, and a series of legendary episodes of heroes, queens and kings, inspired in a book by Alois Jirásek compiling the Czech myths. (imdb)

The story is framed by the story of a boy who is restricted by rules and can't leave his home or the grounds of his house. (imdb)

A Stop-Motion animation based on the famous Shakespeare play.

The comic story of a legendary chimney sweep who, with the help of a spring from an old lounge chair, became the terror of SS troops occupying Prague during World War II. Attaching the spring to his feet, he plays games with the SS, always springing out of reach. The legend is used to develop the theme of the power of the individual in an oppressive society. (surrealmoviez)

A puppet fairy-tale created by Jiri Trnka. It is an adventurous romantic story about a veteran who defeats the devil that settled in an old mill. The veteran gives the mill back to the original owner. (surrealmoviez)

A stop motion western with a cowboy, a beautiful lady, horses, bandits and whiskey... Jiri Trnka's BAFTA-winning (1955) masterpiece. (surrealmoviez)

A fisherman catches a golden fish, which begs him to release her... It's made of animated pictures, as in still images which are animated by movements of camera, and backed by narration. (surrealmoviez)

A robot tries to take the place of a young girl's grandmother.

Adaptation of the book The Good Soldier Švejk.

Stop motion animated short by Jirí Trnka

The first Czech cartoon based on a fairy-tale about grandpa, grandma, their granddaughter, dog and cat who all wanted to pull a big beet out from the ground. The picture shows children that a big task can only be fulfilled by joint effort. It is still an up-to-date message and the picture is one of the best among the Czech animated pictures. (surrealmoviez)

Czech animated short opens like a scene from Fantasia, dancing mushrooms and all...

The story of man with a lifelong passion for speed. (Karagarga)

Script by Jiri Brdechki. Takes an ironic look and pokes fun at the banality of commercial cinema, parodying its cliches and bad taste.

Puppet animation feature consisting of different segments related to the traditions and emotions of the seasons as a typical year passes among the Czech people. (imdb)

Trnka brings to life a surrealist circus of tightrope-walking fish, musical monkeys, balancing bears, and high-flying acrobatics in this whimsical feat of cutout animation made in collaboration with leading Czech painters of the era.