Josef Lada

Česká mše vánoční (2007)

The famous composition by Jakub Jan Ryba and illustrations by painter Josef Lada in an animated film celebrating the birth of Jesus. Among the villagers and shepherds rushing to Bethlehem are Mikeš the cat, Kmotra Liška, Mulisákův Bubáček, the mayor, ...

On a Wayward Princess (1987)

Princess Julia doesn't want to marry an old prince Hubert so she runs away from home. She meets two old magicians and join the circus, where she meets lovely Franta Kuldan and evil devil performer. ...

O Popelákovi (1986)

Who doesn't know the fairy tale "Cinderella". Josef Lada borrowed the story and, as only he could, humorously retold it as one of his original fairy tales inside out. ...

Budulínek Mandelinka (1984)

Perníkový dědek (1984)

A paraphrase of the classic fairy tale The Gingerbread House, created in 1983 based on one of Josef Lada's Naughty Fairy Tales. And because it is an "inside out" fairy tale, it is not the children who get lost in the forest, but the magical gingerbread man ...

O chudém královstvíčku (1979)

The mischievous princess Anka annoys her father and her surroundings with her original tricks. So as punishment, the devil Haramáš takes her to the robbers and she makes their pleasant life of robbery literally hell on earth. How the devils would like to ...

O líném Honzovi (1977)

Nezbedná pohádka (1977)

When you hear the word "Naughty Fairy Tale", you will undoubtedly think that it could not have been invented by anyone other than Josef Lada, a master of turning fairy tales inside out. And that's true. No brave prince, but Princess Máňa will free the in ...

Augsburger Puppenkiste - Geschichten aus Holleschitz (1976)

Byl jednou jeden drak (1976)

Playing with the Devil (1957)

Two marriageable girls, Princess Disperanda and her maid Káča, sign a betrothal with their own blood in exchange for fairy-tale grooms. Although both devilish betrothals accidentally fall into the hands of the brave retired soldier Martin Kabát, the cun ...

The Devil and Kate (1956)

Adaption of the Antonin Dvorak opera Čert a Káča (The Devil and Kate), Op. 112, B.201, based on a farce by Josef Kajetán Tyl. ...

Říkadla (1949)

Ladovi furianti (1957)

To jsou Bratři v triku (1957)

Josef Lada, National Artist (1953)

This film portrait of the artist Josef Lada was made for the purpose of popularising the works of the contemporary artist, whose creative body of work suited ideological objectives. This biopic is conceived for the most part as a commentary on a series of ...