Jiří Brdečka Movies

  • 1963
    The King of Kings

    The King of Kings

    The King of Kings

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    During his work assignment in Tamani Kingdom, Czech worker Lojza saves a local man from dying in the desert. Two years later, it turns out the saved...

    The King of Kings
  • 1975
    Closed Due to Illness

    Closed Due to Illness

    Closed Due to Illness

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

    Closed Due to Illness
  • 1962
    The Frozen Logger

    The Frozen Logger

    The Frozen Logger

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

    The Frozen Logger
  • 1981
    An Unhappy Marriage

    An Unhappy Marriage

    An Unhappy Marriage

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

    An Unhappy Marriage
  • 1976
    The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze

    The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze

    The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze

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

    The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze
  • 1975
    What I Haven't Told the Prince

    What I Haven't Told the Prince

    What I Haven't Told the Prince

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

    What I Haven't Told the Prince
  • 2017
    Universum Brdečka

    Universum Brdečka

    Universum Brdečka

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

    Universum Brdečka
  • 1978
    Love

    Love

    Love

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    Another one of Brdečka's variations on the topic of love, with unusual protagonists: a spider and a destitute poet who live in friendship in one...

    Love
  • 1963
    How to Keep Slim

    How to Keep Slim

    How to Keep Slim

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    A satirical agitprop piece on dieting. The protagonist is a man trying to slim down in various ways; his attempts are radical but inconsistent, and...

    How to Keep Slim
  • 1949
    Papírové nocturno

    Papírové nocturno

    Papírové nocturno

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    Papírové nocturno
  • 1948
    Šváb

    Šváb

    Šváb

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    Šváb
  • 1961
    The Television Fan

    The Television Fan

    The Television Fan

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    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...

    The Television Fan
  • 1944
    Neposlušný zajíček

    Neposlušný zajíček

    Neposlušný zajíček

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

    Neposlušný zajíček
  • 1981
    The Outlaw's Wife

    The Outlaw's Wife

    The Outlaw's Wife

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

    The Outlaw's Wife
  • 1959
    Watch Out!

    Watch Out!

    Watch Out!

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

    Watch Out!
  • 1969
    Metamorpheus

    Metamorpheus

    Metamorpheus

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

    Metamorpheus
  • 1970
    How Wise Aristotle Became Even Wiser

    How Wise Aristotle Became Even Wiser

    How Wise Aristotle Became Even Wiser

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    A fanciful apocryphal tale about the famous Greek scholar, who is determined not to have his mind taken off educating young Alexander the Great,...

    How Wise Aristotle Became Even Wiser
  • 1948
    Andělský kabát

    Andělský kabát

    Andělský kabát

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    Andělský kabát
  • 1953
    O světle

    O světle

    O světle

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    O světle
  • 1965
    The Deserter

    The Deserter

    The Deserter

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

    The Deserter