Jiří Brdečka Movies

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

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

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...

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

Trnka reached new heights of modernist abstraction with this innovative, surrealist mini-masterwork, which critic Jean-Pierre Coursodon praised as...

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

A short film promoting contemporary cosmetic products against the backdrop of an entertaining history of cosmetics.

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

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

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

An animated singing western short in which a cowboy takes on the villain to save his beloved.

Film based on the story by the French writer Gérard de Nerval. A terrifying story that takes us to Paris in the time of the Three Musketeers....

This animated precursor to music videos was made on commission for the American company Rembrandt Films. It illustrates an American folk song of the...

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

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