Jiří Trnka Movies

  • 1964
    Lemonade Joe

    Lemonade Joe

    Lemonade Joe

    7.11964HD

    A satire of the Great American Way, with Lemonade Joe a "clean living" gunfighter who drinks only Kola-Loca Lemonade and convinces everyone else in...

    Lemonade Joe
  • 1965
    The Hand

    The Hand

    The Hand

    7.41965HD

    A happy little potter is approached by a huge hand which wants him to sculpt its statue. The potter refuses, wanting nothing more than to be left...

    The Hand
  • 1955
    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    81955HD

    A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
  • 1953
    Old Czech Legends

    Old Czech Legends

    Old Czech Legends

    6.41953HD

    A monumental piece of art bringing the heroes of the ancient Czech myths back to life. The picture consists of seven parts: Cech the Forefather,...

    Old Czech Legends
  • 1955
    Two Little Frosts

    Two Little Frosts

    Two Little Frosts

    6.51955HD

    Two mischievous frost spirits make things chilly for a pair of travelers in this wintry comic folktale.

    Two Little Frosts
  • 1951
    The Golden Fish

    The Golden Fish

    The Golden Fish

    5.71951HD

    A poor fisherman catches the golden fish that promises him to fulfil three wishes if he sets her free again. He does so and the fish fulfils two of...

    The Golden Fish
  • 1952
    The Emperor and the Golem

    The Emperor and the Golem

    The Emperor and the Golem

    6.91952HD

    The Emperor's mismanagement of his country is provoking some in his court to plot to overthrow him. He feels successful, at least, when he discovers...

    The Emperor and the Golem
  • 1959
    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    7.21959HD

    The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble...

    A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • 1955
    Jan Hus

    Jan Hus

    Jan Hus

    61955HD

    Jan Hus is a 1954 Czechoslovak film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is the first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", one of the most...

    Jan Hus
  • 1946
    Springman and the SS

    Springman and the SS

    Springman and the SS

    5.8271946HD

    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...

    Springman and the SS
  • 1957
    Against All

    Against All

    Against All

    5.51957HD

    After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the...

    Against All
  • 1949
    The Emperor's Nightingale

    The Emperor's Nightingale

    The Emperor's Nightingale

    5.31949HD

    Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real...

    The Emperor's Nightingale
  • 1956
    Jan Žižka

    Jan Žižka

    Jan Žižka

    6.51956HD

    The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.

    Jan Žižka
  • 1951
    Prince Bayaya

    Prince Bayaya

    Prince Bayaya

    5.41951HD

    Bayaya, a young peasant, protected by the spirit of his dead mother, arrives at the castle of the King, where he entertains his three daughters. He...

    Prince Bayaya
  • 1963
    Cybernetic Grandma

    Cybernetic Grandma

    Cybernetic Grandma

    61963HD

    Trnka’s sci-fi vision of the future in which machines and robots try to substitute themselves into the most beautiful human relationships. A...

    Cybernetic Grandma
  • 1947
    Capek's Tales

    Capek's Tales

    Capek's Tales

    7.41947HD

    Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.

    Capek's Tales
  • 1949
    Story of the Bass Cello

    Story of the Bass Cello

    Story of the Bass Cello

    5.51949HD

    "Román s basou" is another short by master a stop-motion puppet-animator Jiri Trnka. The story is based on Anton Chekhovs story "Roman s...

    Story of the Bass Cello
  • 1976
    About the Thick Fog

    About the Thick Fog

    About the Thick Fog

    01976HD

    Short film made by Bretislav Pojar

    About the Thick Fog
  • 1947
    The Gift

    The Gift

    The Gift

    5.21947HD

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

    The Gift
  • 1956
    Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase

    Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase

    Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase

    01956HD

    Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase