Stanislav Látal

The picture, unlike the other film adaptations of the story, focuses much more on Crusoe’s life before and after his stay on the island....

A modern fairy-tale about Otýlie, a girl who each time she writes something gets all dirty from the ink. One day her teacher wants to clean...

The picture, unlike the other film adaptations of the story, focuses much more on Crusoe’s life before and after his stay on the island....

Animated fairy tale about the mountain ghost Rübezahl and his dealing with a thieving shoemaker.

Trnka brings to life a surrealist circus of tightrope-walking fish, musical monkeys, balancing bears, and high-flying acrobatics in this whimsical...

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...

Animated fairy tale about the mountain ghost Rübezahl and his dealing with a thieving shoemaker.

A grotesque story about the mischievous bunny's antics while decorating Easter eggs.

A grotesque story about the mischievous bunny's antics while decorating Easter eggs.

A grotesque story about the mischievous bunny's antics while decorating Easter eggs.

A humorous modern fairy-tale about boys who woke up a mammoth in a school biology room and experienced a lot of adventures with it. After numerous...

A modern fairy-tale about Otýlie, a girl who each time she writes something gets all dirty from the ink. One day her teacher wants to clean...

A satiric film that through a lecture of a cracked brain pedant describes the increasing disobedience of children. It calls us for protection against...

An animated lecture that totally overthrows the idea of the tender character of women and violent character of men. It proves that the reality is...

"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...

An animated lecture that totally overthrows the idea of the tender character of women and violent character of men. It proves that the reality is...

An animated lecture that totally overthrows the idea of the tender character of women and violent character of men. It proves that the reality is...

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

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

An old woodblock train meets its shiny new electric replacement one Christmas Eve in this glowingly nostalgic stop-motion toy story, directed by...

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,...

A fable about a fox who wanted to drown a pitcher to get revenge on him.

A fable about a fox who wanted to drown a pitcher to get revenge on him.

The first animated picture made by Jiří Trnka for adults. It is a comic story of a legendary chimney-cleaner who, with the help of a spring...

The first full-length puppet film made by Jiri Trnka. Like the painter Ales who illustrated the national songs, Trnka depicts the traditional customs...

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...

Taken from Boccaccio's Decameron, this lovely puppet film tells the bawdy story of the beautiful young Venetian lady who confesses her sinful passion...

An animated singing western short in which a cowboy takes on the villain to save his beloved.

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...

Hurvinek cannot go to a circus because he injured himself when sliding down the stair rail. He daydreams that he is an acrobat riding a scooter and...

Hurvinek cannot go to a circus because he injured himself when sliding down the stair rail. He daydreams that he is an acrobat riding a scooter and...

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...

A barrel organ grinder meets the devil on a mysterious moonlit night in this haunted-house fable, which showcases Trnka’s atmospheric use of...

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

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

Trnka’s sci-fi vision of the future in which machines and robots try to substitute themselves into the most beautiful human relationships. A...

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

Based on the fairy tale by the famous Czech writer Vaclav Beneš Třebizký.