Bohuslav Šrámek

The Hour of Blue Elephants (1971)

Two days before Christmas. Zuzanka and Tomás, friends from a kindergarten wander off during a walk. They admire toys and decoration in shop-windows. Zuzanka shall receive a sledge as a Christmas present and Tomás even a desired little brother. At a shoot ...

Drummer Hoff (1969)

Adaptation with verse and accompanying music of an old folk tale about the building and firing of a cannon. ...

The Lighthouse Keeper (1968)

A puppet story about a lighthouse keeper who saves a paper boat while a real ship is sinking nearby. ...

Autorevue (1966)

The Hand (1965)

A happy little potter is approached by a huge hand which wants him to sculpt its statue. The potter refuses, wanting nothing more than to be left alone with his only friend, a potted plant. As the hand's request gives way to bribery, demands, and threats, ...

Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose (1965)

Taken from Boccaccio's Decameron, this lovely puppet film tells the bawdy story of the beautiful young Venetian lady who confesses her sinful passion for the Archangel Gabriel to a lustful monk, who promptly impersonates him in her bedroom with predictable ...

Passion (1961)

The passion for high speed can nowadays almost be seen in the new-born. The film shows that such passion, if not controlled, is self-destructing and even suicidal. At least this is the way Trnka presents it in this satiric story. —kratkyfilm. ...

Fikmik (1960)

The Midnight Adventure (1960)

An old woodblock train meets its shiny new electric replacement one Christmas Eve in this glowingly nostalgic stop-motion toy story, directed by Bretislav Pojar and featuring gorgeous design by Trnka. ...

Červená aerovka (1960)

A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)

The first puppet film shot in CinemaScope. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common popular world of tradesmen amateur theatre and a fairy-tale happin ...

Magic Skis (1959)

Puppet film-fairy tale in an entertaining form teaches viewers to ski correctly, to overcome steep hills. ...

Paraplíčko (1957)

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Spejbl on the Trail (1956)

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase (1956)

Liška a vlk (1956)

Based on the fairy tale by the famous Czech writer Vaclav Beneš Třebizký. ...

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku (1955)

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče (1954)

Adapted from the scathingly funny, hugely influential anti-war classic by anarchist writer Jaroslav Hašek, this three-part satirical farce charts the exploits of the eponymous World War I infantryman, whose antic misadventures continually frustrate his co ...

Old Czech Legends (1953)

A monumental piece of art bringing the heroes of the ancient Czech myths back to life. The picture consists of seven parts: Cech the Forefather, Bivoj, Libuse, Premysl, Girls War, Horymir, Lucka War. ...

O světle (1953)

Prince Bayaya (1951)

Bayaya, a young peasant, protected by the spirit of his dead mother, arrives at the castle of the King, where he entertains his three daughters. He soon realizes that the three princesses are nagged by evil spirits. The little peasant manages to rid them o ...

The Merry Circus (1951)

Trnka brings to life a surrealist circus of tightrope-walking fish, musical monkeys, balancing bears, and high-flying acrobatics in this whimsical feat of cutout animation made in collaboration with leading Czech painters of the era. ...

The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)

Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health. ...

Story of the Bass Cello (1949)

"Román s basou" is another short by master a stop-motion puppet-animator Jiri Trnka. The story is based on Anton Chekhovs story "Roman s Kontrabasom". Princess Bibulova decides to go fishing along the river while not far away a bass player leaves his two ...

The Devil's Mill (1949)

A barrel organ grinder meets the devil on a mysterious moonlit night in this haunted-house fable, which showcases Trnka's atmospheric use of sound to conjure a macabre mood. ...

Song of the Prairie (1949)

An animated singing western short in which a cowboy takes on the villain to save his beloved. ...

The Czech Year (1947)

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 ...

Míša Kulička (1947)

Vodník ve mlýně (1947)

Springman and the SS (1946)

The first animated picture made by Jiří Trnka for adults. It is a comic story of a legendary chimney-cleaner who, with the help of a spring from an old lounge-chair, became the terror of the Prague-occupying SS troops in World War II. ...

Punch and Judy (1966)

Two puppets, Punch and Judy, do battle to the death over the custody of a live guinea pig. ...