Břetislav Pojar

Pojar dětem (2016)

A series of five animated films by Břetislav Pojar: Dog History, Hiroshi, About a Princess Who Never Smiled, Christmas Ballad, and Narcoblues. ...

Narco Blues (2016)

On summer vacation a young teenager finds himself hanging out alone on the streets of his neighbourhood, all his friends having gone to the country with their parents. Near his home he meets a disturbing character, a drug pusher looking for clients, who in ...

The Christmas Ballad (2016)

In a city destroyed by war, a boy collects broken toys to replace his friends and family. One day he finds a Christmas gift and runs away. Based on the last script by Bretislav Pojar. ...

Tom Thumb’s Journey (2015)

Car Fairy Tales (2011)

The film consists of five parts - a live-action framing story and four distinct animated episodes - each by a different creative team and in a different animation style, from Pojar and Koutský's semi-plastic "Princess Who Never Smiled," through Žabka's p ...

Mr. and Mr. (2006)

The comical adventures of two little bears, "Monsieur" and "Monsieur," who set out to rescue a fish-like princess, defend their new vegetable garden from a malicious goat, and experience hibernation in penguin country. ...

Fimfarum 2 (2006)

The sequel to the successful film Fimfárum by Jan Werich. Four brand new stories "for clever children and clever adults" from the popular book written by Jan Werich. Břetislav Pojar introduces the story of little Tom Thumb full of twists and adventure. A ...

Winter Days (2003)

An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional collaborative nature of the source material – the ...

The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka (2000)

The Czech stop-motion puppet animation master Jiri Trnka directed some of the most acclaimed animated films ever made. In 1966, four years before his death, Newsday lauded him as "second to Chaplin as a film artist because his work inaugurated a new stage ...

Dancing on the Moon (1997)

Madeline is 13 years old, as are her two friends, and nothing looks the same to her. Her sister is leaving to study medicine, and there's Freddy who's looking at her as no one has before. But she still doesn't want to become an adolescent. A tragic acciden ...

Children First! (1996)

A collection of 7 animation short films inspired by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Each NFB award-winning film, in their peculiar way, deals with children's rights and addresses various aspects of the Convention. ...

Pourquoi? (1995)

Four children see images of other youngsters around the world who dream of doing great things when they grow up but whose dreams are dashed by the harsh reality of their lives. Shocked, the children urgently ask adults to do something. A synthesis of artic ...

Mouseology (1994)

Using the comic device of trained laboratory mice, Bretislav Pojar examines the insidious nature of addiction to cigarette smoking, how it can begin in young people, and how difficult it is to quit. ...

Overdose (1994)

School, tennis lessons, swimming lessons, art classes, homework, piano practice... a boy's parents have organized his life to such an extent that he has no time for himself. Based on article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, t ...

The Flying Sneaker (1991)

Little Rehor isn't allowed to play with the other boys. His only friend is the girl next door, Luci. Rehor's father is doctor on a boat and he has sent Rehor a package with butterfly larvae. When they hatch he discover a fairy who can do magic tricks. ...

The Bear (1988)

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters. ...

From step to progress (1987)

A cartoon in the form of a comic describes the process of development of human thought. ...

Nightangel (1986)

When a man becomes blind, his life is all turned around. He can only use his touch to get around in his house. The objects become enemies. But an angel is looking over him. ...

'E' (1981)

A giant statue of the letter "E" arrives in the park. One man sees it as "B"; they are preparing to cart him off to the looney bin when a doctor arrives and determines the man needs glasses. Then the king arrives... ...

If... (1981)

A short animated film by the award-winning artist Bretislav Pojar on the question of the economic consequences of the arms race. The film poses the question: What would happen if, and that is THE BIG IF, we turned our tanks into tractors, our grenades into ...

BOOOM (1979)

A view of man's perpetual struggle for self-destruction, in which we glimpse a world where rockets are part of everyone's lives. ...

How to Catch a Tiger (1977)

Short movie by Bretislav Pojar ...

About the Thick Fog (1976)

Short film made by Bretislav Pojar ...

Nazdar kedlubny (1974)

The fifth and last episode of the "Who threw that, gentlemen?" series. The series is the continuation of the previous "bear" series "Hey, Mister, let's play?". This time the bears decide to grow carrots and turnips. While working they come across a billy-g ...

The Apple Tree Maiden (1974)

A picture based on the story written by Karel Jaromír Erben. It is about an enchanted apple maiden who is set free from the spell of a bad witch by big and true love. The picture is particular for following the medieval style in its design. ...

Balablok (1973)

Blocks and balls fight simply because they are different, until their battle reduces everyone to the same shape. ...

O pardálu který voněl (1972)

A neříkej mi Vašíku (1972)

Psí kusy (1971)

Co to bouchlo? (1971)

To See or Not to See (1969)

A scientist develops an unusual pair of eyeglasses which allows the wearer's mind to see things objectively rather than the usual subjective manner. ...

Darwin Antidarwin (1969)

A tragicomic adaptation of Darwin's theory of evolution. An earthworm becomes man, goes through all historical epochs until the present day, and in the end happily slips back underground as an earthworm. ...

Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Went to Sleep (1968)

Fanfaron, the Little Clown (1968)

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Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Hold On to Your Hat (1967)

Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Ate Witty Porridge (1967)

Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Princesses Are Not to Be Sniffed At (1967)

The third episode of the series "Hey, Mister, let's play", in which the heroes are two bears, one foxy and the other naive. In this episode the big bear out-smarts the small one by convincing him that the fish he caught is a spellbound princess. ...

Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How the Bears Went Swimming (1966)

The second part of the six-part series "Hey, Mister, Let's Play". The bears try go to the water, and the big bear is good and makes himself a car for the little bear. ...

Hey Mister, Let's Play! How They Met At Kolin (1966)

Pilot of the series "Hey, Mister, Let's Play". The story of two bears, the older one is experienced and sly, the younger is naive and gullible. This is the story of how they met in the Czech town of Kolín. ...

Lemonade Joe (1964)

A satire of the Great American Way, with Lemonade Joe a "clean living" gunfighter who drinks only Kola-Loca Lemonade and convinces everyone else in town (with his gun skills) that all "real men" drink ONLY lemonade! ...

Ideál (1964)

A look at the series of sacrifices of a man who wants to save up for his object of desire: an automobile. ...

A Few Words of Introduction (1963)

Pojar's wickedly humourous satire pokes gentle fun at a speechmaker so enamoured with the sound of his own voice, he is oblivious to the effect he is having on his audience. Pojar details their bafflement, fidgets, whispers and snores with great imaginatio ...

Billiard (1962)

Bad moods, denial and constant resentment are spreading like an epidemic, gradually transferring from the individual to the entire society. ...

Painting is for the Cats (1961)

This is one of three 15 minute cat films made by Bretislav Pojar in 1960-61. It features mime artist Ladislav Fialka as the painter Honza. He gets into all sorts of trouble when he has to look after two little kittens. It's a mixture of live action and ani ...

On a Cat's Word (1961)

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School for Cats (1961)

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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. ...

The Lion and the Song (1959)

A musician is playing his music to some animals, when a hungry lion shows up. ...

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 ...

Bomb Mania (1959)

Anti-war animation about man's passions for self-destruction by experimenting with dangerous chemicals. ...

Paraplíčko (1957)

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Spejbl on the Trail (1956)

Story of the Bass Cello (1956)

"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 ...

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase (1956)

Dobrodružství na Zlaté zátoce (1955)

Orphan Jirka lives alone with his grandfather by the river. He spends all his free time by the water and does not grow up with the other children. His biggest dream is to catch a big pike, which he knows that he can't do without friends. ...

Two Little Frosts (1955)

Two mischievous frost spirits make things chilly for a pair of travelers in this wintry comic folktale. ...

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 ...

A Drop Too Much (1954)

A careful motorcyclist stops by a cozy pub on his way home to his sweetheart. ...

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. ...

Josef Mánes II. (1952)

The Gingerbread House (1951)

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 ...

Josef Mánes (1951)

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. ...

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)

Anatomie gagu (2008)

Skutečnost Noci svatojánské (1959)