The Czech Year

12/13/1947

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1hr 15min

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Animation

STORY

The first full-length puppet film made by Jiri Trnka. Like the painter Ales who illustrated the national songs, Trnka depicts the traditional customs and tales of the Czech village in six separate sequences: Shrovetide, Spring, Legend About St. Prokop, The Fair, The Feast and Bethlehem." A Treasury of Fairy-tales" made Trnka famous all over the world and it is a masterpiece of Czech and world animation.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

    Directors

  • Jiří Trnka
  • Břetislav Pojar

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Loutkový film Praha

    Production Countries

  • Czechoslovakia

LANGUAGES

  • Czech

Cast