Jiří Brdečka Movies

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

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 spy film about how saboteurs obtain important data about the activities of a key company, while also trying to thwart the plan and undermine work...

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

A biographical film about the traveler Emil Holub, conceived as an illustrative story of an exceptional man, who, however, encounters the disinterest...

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

An orphaned young woman named Jana moves into the household of Robert and his older, possessive wife, Klára. While Klára maintains a...

This tongue-in-cheek variation on the popular theme of the mysterious smile on Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting narrates the Maestro's...

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

A student commits suicide out of unhappy love to a married man; story is recounted in retrospective by a "judge" who asks the audience to decide who...

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

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

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

A young aristocrat is madly in love with an inventor, but her parents arrange her marriage to an old army general.

One of Brdeček's works in the trilogy "Moravian Folk Ballads". The script is based on Moravian folk songs and the chosen visual form also refers...

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

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

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