Jiří Brdečka Movies

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

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

A careful motorcyclist stops by a cozy pub on his way home to his sweetheart.

An ironic anecdote about a fortune-teller perplexed by her customer who laughs at her reading of his palm. According to her, the man is to become a...

Faustus wants to invent a fire that is stronger than all previous flames. Then death approaches him. In order to prolong his life, he makes a pact...

The title of this highly-regarded Czech drama translates as Wolf Trap. Set in the 1920s, the story revolves around an ambitious young provincial...

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...

This original adaptation of Oscar Wilde's sad, socially conscious fairy tale, The Happy Prince, hinges on the conflict between fact and dream,...

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

The poetical story, based on a late Gothic song about the serene and fulfilling relationship of two lovers, is expressed through the minimalist...

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

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

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

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

An experimental study in black and white tracing the stages of human life through the transformation of a man’s face.

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...

A meat-eating monarch marries a vegetarian princess.