Jiří Brdečka Movies

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

Another well-known children's story. Jiří Brdečka made it on commission for his friend, Italian producer Max Massimino-Garnier, as...

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

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

A spy film about how saboteurs obtain important data about the activities of a key company, while also trying to thwart the plan and undermine work...

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

Anti-war animation about man's passions for self-destruction by experimenting with dangerous chemicals.

A combined film, or rather personal profile, in which the naive paintings of quirky comedian and self-taught painter Josef Hlinomaze are brought to...

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

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...

One of Brdeček's works in the trilogy "Moravian Folk Ballads". The script is based on Moravian folk songs and the chosen visual form also refers...

A meat-eating monarch marries a vegetarian princess.

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

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

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 short, humorous history of aviation based on Kamil Lhoták's book "Balloons, Wings, Propellers."

This story of a Soviet soldier who was killed during the liberation of Prague in May 1945 combines Zdenek Seydl's animated drawings with documentary...

This tongue-in-cheek variation on the popular theme of the mysterious smile on Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting narrates the Maestro's...