Ivan Renč

Labyrinth of the Fallen Heroes (1992)

A man dying of thirst descends further down a labyrinth consisting of nightmarish Bosch-esque creatures. ...

Salar (1986)

A beautiful animated film about a salmon swimming from its birth to its breeding ground, telling the story of its life ...

Svatohor (1984)

This animated puppet film based on Russian folk tales tells the story of the hero Svätohor and his battle with the dragon Goryn Gorynych. ...

The Puppet, a Friend of Man (1981)

Anecdotes about the relationship between puppets and mankind. ...

Kačička Modropierko (1979)

A poetically themed animated story by Ruda Mórica, with commentary by Gustáv Valach, about a duck named Modropierko who, despite many obstacles and several attempts at nesting, manages to hatch her long-awaited baby ducklings ...

O třech písmenkách (1975)

Czech cartoon about three letters SOS traveling across the world. ...

Velbloudí nápady (1975)

Telefón Agafón (1975)

The Guard (1970)

Even in 1970, films were made, prepared in previous years and expressing the poetics of that time. Ivan Renč created an almost protocol parable, deliberately set outside time and space, playing out a supremely model situation. In a somewhat rambling and n ...

Snídejte v trávě! (1969)

V tunelu (1969)

While walking along the tracks, a young man encounters a 96-year-old man who lives inside a tunnel and refuses to leave. ...

The Lighthouse Keeper (1968)

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

Magician (1965)

Animated story of a sad magician ...

Cybernetic Grandma (1963)

Trnka's sci-fi vision of the future in which machines and robots try to substitute themselves into the most beautiful human relationships. A cybernetic robot is supposed to substitute for the loving grandmother of a little girl. The wise grandmother, howev ...

Malíř Kamil Lhoták (1960)

A poetic documentary portrait about czechoslovakian painter. ...

Autorevue (1966)

Long Live the Republic (1965)

Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they can't defeat. The village is in turmoil, because the Nazi occupiers have just retreated and the Red Army is a ...

Hory hory (1964)

A Loaf of Bread (1960)

By the end of the second World War, three prisoners wish to escape from the train carrying them from one concentration camp to another. To make it happen, they need to get food first. ...