Hermína Týrlová was a prominent Czech animator, screen writer, and film director. Often called the mother of Czech animation over the course of her career, she produced over 60 animated children's short films using puppets and the technique of stop motion animation.
Born in Birch Mountains in Central Bohemia, Hermína Týrlová learned puppet-making skills from her father, who was a woodworker and made small wood figurines. As a teenager, she moved to Prague to make a living acting, singing, and dancing in vaudeville. She also began writing and illustrating children's magazines. In 1925, she joined the Studio AB, where she met the games future husband, Karel Added. The studio produced animated films for advertising companies such as Elektrajournal and IRE-Film.Added and Týrlová produced 5 animated advertising films together, and in 1935, they co-directed the first commercial Czech puppet animation film, the Secret of the Lanterns ("The Lantern's Secret").
A film programme with 5 animated short films Hermína Týrlová : Ferda The Ant In The Foreign Service, The Mischievous Boy, Devilish Tricks, Corral Tale, I Count On The Wire. Hermína Týrlová, the first woman director of Czech animation, had the talent ...
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The story of some mischievous clothes drying on a string. A cheerful fairy tale. ...
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A stop-motion animated fairy tale about good and evil using wooden folk toys. ...
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An adventure with living figurines from a Christmas tree. A restless little devil bothers the other ornaments hanging on the Christmas tree. When he wakes up a child and makes it cry, he's finally punished. ...
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Two little figures are born from the wool clippings, who compete for the wool doll's favor and try to impress her with their bizarre antics. ...
Watch NowA paper dove swaying over a cradle with a baby angers an annoying cat, who starts chasing the dove around the garden. ...
Watch NowFerda and a couple of his friends sail their boat across the pond until they reach the shore, where they break into the earth bumblebees. ...
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Everyone knows Ferda the Ant, who knows how to work with everyone and selflessly helps all small animals from the beetle empire. Everything with him is fun, but he can also punish stupidity and injustice. ...
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An episode from a series of fairy tales tells the story of correcting the behavior of a mischievous and devilish boy. When the boy gets glued to a bucket, he finally understands how he's harmed the animals in the yard and woods. ...
Watch NowAn animated film that recounts the events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ described in the New Testament. ...
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Another of Hermína Týrlová's "wool fairy tales" tells about two children who decorated a Christmas tree. ...
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A snowman comes to life in this charming and playful stop motion short. In danger of melting once spring rolls around, the snowman eventually departs for an icier climate, perhaps to return next winter. ...
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A flock of storks drop off newborns to families made out of yarn. ...
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Different animals play with a marble in this whimsical story from Hermína Týrlová, 'the mother of Czech animation' ...
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A boy makes a knot in his handkerchief to remind himself to repair his leaky faucet. The handkerchief, however, is alive and kicking, and flees from its pocket to explore the outside world. The boy gets distracted by a game of soccer, forgetting the faucet ...
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A puppet fairy tale about a disobedient train that did not just want to carry coal and drove to return to his work after a sad experience. ...
Watch NowA lovely fairytale for all tells the story of a doll that is lost, and with the help of other toys is looking for a way to her friend ...
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Children with their musical instruments are able to drive lazy Martin out of the furnace and punish him for his laziness. ...
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Puppet animated movie about an evil king, a golden-haired princess and living and dead water based on the fairy tale by Josef Kaynar. ...
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The adventures of a rag doll who was excluded from the group of toys because of his differences. ...
Watch NowIn WWII Czechoslovakia, an old toymaker incorporates secret messages in his models to fool the Germans. They find him out and he flees. As the Gestapo officer hunts around he is attacked by the toys, who send him packing. Live action and stop motion short ...
Watch NowA stop-motion advertisement for shoe company Baťa. Depicts shoe repair as surgery. ...
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Ferda Mravenec (Ferda The Ant, 1944 ) runs over ten minutes, telling the tale of an ant colony versus a spider. This one is teeming with characters, with impressive animation, fun gags, and a good story. ...
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