Jiří Brdečka Movies

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...

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

The first animated picture made by Jiří Trnka for adults. It is a comic story of a legendary chimney-cleaner who, with the help of a...

A poor musician with a good heart, as a reward for sharing even the last piece of bread despite being hungry himself, is rewarded with a miraculous...

A biographical film about the traveler Emil Holub, conceived as an illustrative story of an exceptional man, who, however, encounters the disinterest...

This melancholy piece about the metamorphoses of love and the eternal dissatisfaction of human beings with what they have was inspired by the lyrics...

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...

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

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

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

A story from the lives of Prague university students.

During his work assignment in Tamani Kingdom, Czech worker Lojza saves a local man from dying in the desert. Two years later, it turns out the saved...

On his first day in a new place, waiter Josef Kučera stands up for his old servant Bartoš and bellhop Svát. His actions earn him...

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

In the middle of the eighteenth century, at the time of the Prusso-Austrian War, a cuirassier, a hussar and an infantryman meet by chance and hide...

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

A young aristocrat is madly in love with an inventor, but her parents arrange her marriage to an old army general.