Jiří Brdečka Movies

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

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

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....

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

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

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

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

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 short animated film based on the American folk song about a logger in the habit of stirring his coffee with his thumb.

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

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

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...

An absurd slapstick piece about a man immersed in his own dreams, refusing to accept everyday reality. He finds everyone obnoxious, children and...

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

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

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