Jiří Brdečka Movies

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,...

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

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....

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 meat-eating monarch marries a vegetarian princess.

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