Jiří Brdečka Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

A picture based on an old folk song tells us a horrifying story about a soldier returning home after twenty years. His parents do not recognize him,...

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

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

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 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...

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

Reason and Emotion, personified as two gardeners, are opponents in a landscaping contest (French formal garden vs. English landscape park), but...

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