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,...

A short film promoting contemporary cosmetic products against the backdrop of an entertaining history of cosmetics.

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

The cartoon film sets out to justify the existence of UNESCO as an instrument for world peace.

A short, humorous history of aviation based on Kamil Lhoták's book "Balloons, Wings, Propellers."

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

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

This melancholy piece about the metamorphoses of love and the eternal dissatisfaction of human beings with what they have was inspired by the lyrics...

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

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...

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

After the flying machines of "How Man Learned to Fly," this next popular science installment by Jiří Brdečka focuses on the history...

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

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