Jiří Brdečka Trailers
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Most Popular Jiří Brdečka Trailers
Total trailers found: 81
How to Keep Slim Trailer (1963)
31 December 1963
A satirical agitprop piece on dieting. The protagonist is a man trying to slim down in various ways; his attempts are radical but inconsistent, and therefore doomed.
The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun Trailer (1984)
01 October 1984
A bachelor named Faun with a Don Juan complex, seized with a hypochondriac's fear of the ineluctable approach of death, enters a race against time's passage.
Love and the Zeppelin Trailer (1948)
01 January 1948
A young aristocrat is madly in love with an inventor, but her parents arrange her marriage to an old army general.
Lemonade Joe Trailer (1964)
16 October 1964
A satire of the Great American Way, with Lemonade Joe a "clean living" gunfighter who drinks only Kola-Loca Lemonade and convinces everyone else in town (with his gun skills) that all "real men" drink ONLY lemonade!
The Gift Trailer (1947)
12 September 1947
Trnka reached new heights of modernist abstraction with this innovative, surrealist mini-masterwork, which critic Jean-Pierre Coursodon praised as the Citizen Kane of animation.
Prince and the Evening Star Trailer (1979)
19 October 1979
A wonderful fairytale about looking for love, defeating evil and learning some valuable moral lessons on the way.
Joy of Love Trailer (1966)
01 January 1966
This melancholy piece about the metamorphoses of love and the eternal dissatisfaction of human beings with what they have was inspired by the lyrics of the French song "Plaisir d'amour.
Old Czech Legends Trailer (1953)
11 September 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.
Universum Brdečka Trailer (2017)
21 December 2017
Lemonade Joe, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, Dinner for Adele, The and the Golem - These and other Czech cinematography film hits have on thing in common: Jirí Brdecka.
Song of the Prairie Trailer (1949)
01 January 1949
An animated singing western short in which a cowboy takes on the villain to save his beloved.
Springman and the SS Trailer (1946)
20 December 1946
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 from an old lounge-chair, became the terror of the Prague-occupying SS troops in World War II.
An Easy Life Trailer (1957)
18 October 1957
Depiction of Czech students in the 1950s. The kids are less interested in communism than in rock n’ roll.
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne Trailer (1958)
22 August 1958
As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-deadly-yet weapon.
When the Cat Comes Trailer (1963)
20 September 1963
While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in town.
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen Trailer (1962)
01 July 1962
A 20th century man lands on the Moon and discovers that Baron Munchausen has beaten him to it, accompanied by Cyrano de Bergerac and the characters from Jules Verne's novels about the conquest of the satellite.
Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber Trailer (1980)
01 January 1980
A meat-eating monarch marries a vegetarian princess.
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet Trailer (1978)
04 August 1978
When famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant.
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians Trailer (1981)
02 October 1981
In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpithians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera.
The Power of Destiny Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
An ironic anecdote about a fortune-teller perplexed by her customer who laughs at her reading of his palm.
Minstrel's Song Trailer (1964)
01 January 1964
The poetical story, based on a late Gothic song about the serene and fulfilling relationship of two lovers, is expressed through the minimalist animation of Ludmila Jiříncová's paintings.
The Face Trailer (1973)
01 January 1973
An experimental study in black and white tracing the stages of human life through the transformation of a man’s face.
My Darling Clementine Trailer (1959)
02 January 1959
This animated precursor to music videos was made on commission for the American company Rembrandt Films.
The Deserter Trailer (1965)
01 January 1965
An absurd slapstick piece about a man immersed in his own dreams, refusing to accept everyday reality.
Začalo to v době kamenné Trailer (1950)
31 December 1950
A short film promoting contemporary cosmetic products against the backdrop of an entertaining history of cosmetics.
Reason and Emotion Trailer (1962)
01 January 1962
Reason and Emotion, personified as two gardeners, are opponents in a landscaping contest (French formal garden vs.
The Miner's Rose Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
Adapting a 1930s song, Brdečka presents a ballad of true love between a miner and his sweetheart in a tale that ends in tragedy.
The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
A combined film, or rather personal profile, in which the naive paintings of quirky comedian and self-taught painter Josef Hlinomaze are brought to life, accompanied by the protagonist's humorous commentary.
Why Do You Smile, Mona Lisa? Trailer (1966)
31 December 1966
This tongue-in-cheek variation on the popular theme of the mysterious smile on Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting narrates the Maestro's difficulties in trying to make his apathetic bourgeois model smile.
The Emperor and the Golem Trailer (1952)
04 January 1952
The Emperor's mismanagement of his country is provoking some in his court to plot to overthrow him. He feels successful, at least, when he discovers the legendary Golem, which he believes can protect him and even cure his imaginary illnesses but, when he disappears while on a bender, his kindly baker, who looks just like him, is mistaken for him, and begins to put things in order.
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... Trailer (1955)
11 February 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.
The Outlaw's Wife Trailer (1981)
01 January 1981
One of a trilogy of animated shorts based on Moravian folk ballads.
Prague Nights Trailer (1969)
06 June 1969
A stuffy middle-aged foreigner, a businessman named Fabricius, lonely and looking for a night's diversion, finds it in the form of a mysterious blonde.
Love Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
Another one of Brdečka's variations on the topic of love, with unusual protagonists: a spider and a destitute poet who live in friendship in one room, until a girl turns up with whom the man falls in love.
A Drop Too Much Trailer (1954)
01 January 1954
A careful motorcyclist stops by a cozy pub on his way home to his sweetheart.
Incorrectly Drawn Hen Trailer (1963)
06 June 1963
At school the dunce draws a Picasso style chicken on the black board. The chicken comes to life, runs away, and finds itself in the teacher's garden.
The Emperor's Nightingale Trailer (1949)
15 April 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.
The Three Veterans Trailer (1984)
01 July 1984
It is a story of three veterans released from the army. During one night spent camping in the country they one by one wake up and meet three elvish brothers.
Wolf Trap Trailer (1958)
23 May 1958
An orphaned young woman named Jana moves into the household of Robert and his older, possessive wife, Klára.
Straw Hat Trailer (1972)
24 March 1972
Slacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as it seems, to marry Helen Nonankur - daughter of a wealthy farmer.
Metamorpheus Trailer (1969)
01 January 1969
Orpheus reconsidered, starting from animations of mosaic images. Eventually, there is lava.
Closed Due to Illness Trailer (1975)
02 January 1975
An agitprop piece lampooning a perceived blemish on contemporary society — short notices in shop windows offering a pithy explanation of why the shop is closed.
Parohy Trailer (1947)
10 October 1947
Oldřich Nový was and will forever remain the embodiment of charm, elegance and personal charm for Czech cinema, to which all women, regardless of age, were subject.
Man Under Water Trailer (1961)
01 January 1961
After the flying machines of "How Man Learned to Fly," this next popular science installment by Jiří Brdečka focuses on the history of submarines and deep sea exploration, denouncing the arms industry along the way, as the politics of the day required.
Accordion Song Trailer (1974)
02 January 1974
This story of a Soviet soldier who was killed during the liberation of Prague in May 1945 combines Zdenek Seydl's animated drawings with documentary footage by war correspondents.
The Mischievous Bunny Trailer (1947)
01 July 1947
A grotesque story about the mischievous bunny's antics while decorating Easter eggs.
Lost Children Trailer (1957)
10 May 1957
In the middle of the eighteenth century, at the time of the Prusso-Austrian War, a cuirassier, a hussar and an infantryman meet by chance and hide together in a secluded place.
Ceiling Trailer (1962)
15 March 1962
The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost completely without hearing her voice.
The Television Fan Trailer (1961)
02 January 1961
The film tries to persuade young viewers that they should only watch TV after having completed their duties; it shows them (and their parents) what the world would look like if everyone watched TV instead of working.
The Unlucky One Trailer (1973)
02 January 1973
Another well-known children's story. Jiří Brdečka made it on commission for his friend, Italian producer Max Massimino-Garnier, as part of a European animated fairy tale project.
Spanilá jízda Trailer (1963)
06 September 1963
In the Hussite times, religious truth was sifted even on the tips of weapons. When in 1430 the Hussites set out on a raid to Nuremberg, the so-called Spanila Cavalry, to defend their doctrine, the young commander of the cavalry, the landowner Keřský, whose bride had once been kidnapped by a vicious crusader, saw it as an opportunity for personal revenge.
Das Feuer des Faust Trailer (1982)
25 June 1982
Faustus wants to invent a fire that is stronger than all previous flames. Then death approaches him. In order to prolong his life, he makes a pact with Mephistopheles.
The King of Kings Trailer (1963)
12 July 1963
During his work assignment in Tamani Kingdom, Czech worker Lojza saves a local man from dying in the desert.
Revenge Trailer (1968)
02 January 1968
Film based on the story by the French writer Gérard de Nerval. A terrifying story that takes us to Paris in the time of the Three Musketeers.
Baton Out of the Bag Trailer (1956)
06 September 1956
A poor musician with a good heart, as a reward for sharing even the last piece of bread despite being hungry himself, is rewarded with a miraculous napkin on which the best delicacies appear.
Velké dobrodružství Trailer (1952)
21 November 1952
A biographical film about the traveler Emil Holub, conceived as an illustrative story of an exceptional man, who, however, encounters the disinterest and rejection of the domestic Czech bourgeoisie.
