Václav Trojan

Sen noci... (1986)

The film recording of the ballet performance of the State Theatre in Brno was expensively realized in a theatrically stylized set built in the Barrandov studios. The original ballet music by Václav Trojan, based on Shakespeare's fairy tale comedy, was pre ...

Paní Marjánka, matka pluku aneb Ženské srdce (1980)

Záhořanský hon (1968)

Poslední růže od Casanovy (1966)

The story takes place at the time when Giacomo Casanova, probably the most famous conqueror of women, held the position of librarian at the Valdštejn castle in Duchcov. He was then a rather bored and grumpy old man who enjoyed only writing his memoirs and ...

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, ...

Paní Marjánka, matka pluku aneb Ženské srdce (1963)

Zlý jelen (1962)

August Sunday (1961)

This lyrical comedy story takes place in two hot days in the small South Bohemian village. On the shore of a small pond, summer guests and local youth meet. As is typical of the works of Hrubín, it is a conflict of youth and age, life and death, represent ...

Rohovín Čtverrohý (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 ...

Skutečnost Noci svatojánské (1959)

Why UNESCO? (1959)

The cartoon film sets out to justify the existence of UNESCO as an instrument for world peace. ...

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)

Kuťásek a Kutilka na pouti (1956)

Health campaigner encourages children to live a healthy lifestyle. The film combines live action with puppetry and animated dolls. ...

Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1955)

A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three daughters to name the measure of their love for him. When one of them says, "more than salt", he banishes her from ...

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

How the Old Man Traded It All Away (1954)

Folk art–like hand-drawn stills illustrate this sweetly simple pastoral fable, in which a peasant comes into possession of a small fortune—but realizes there are treasures greater than gold. ...

Kutasek and Kutilka (1954)

How do you wake up a sleeping puppet? Made by Trnka in collaboration with actor and puppeteer Josef Pehr, this winsome mix of live action and puppet play is enchanting entertainment for the youngest of viewers. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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 ...

The Animals and the Brigands (1947)

The second cartoon by Jiri Trnka that was a sensation at the festival in Cannes in 1946 when it defeated the world animation elite of the time. It is a musical fairy-tale based on a famous folk story about animals that deterred thieves. ...

Vodník ve mlýně (1947)

Grandpa Planted a Beet (1946)

The first Czech cartoon based on a fairy-tale about grandpa, grandma, their granddaughter, dog and cat who all wanted to pull a big beet out from the ground. The picture shows children that a big task can only be fulfilled by joint effort. ...

Skutečnost Noci svatojánské (1959)