Jiří Brdečka Movies

  • 1961
    Man Under Water

    Man Under Water

    Man Under Water

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    After the flying machines of "How Man Learned to Fly," this next popular science installment by Jiří Brdečka focuses on the history...

    Man Under Water
  • 1976
    The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze

    The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze

    The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze

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    A combined film, or rather personal profile, in which the naive paintings of quirky comedian and self-taught painter Josef Hlinomaze are brought to...

    The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze
  • 1966
    Why Do You Smile, Mona Lisa?

    Why Do You Smile, Mona Lisa?

    Why Do You Smile, Mona Lisa?

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    This tongue-in-cheek variation on the popular theme of the mysterious smile on Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting narrates the Maestro's...

    Why Do You Smile, Mona Lisa?
  • 1974
    Accordion Song

    Accordion Song

    Accordion Song

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    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...

    Accordion Song
  • 1981
    An Unhappy Marriage

    An Unhappy Marriage

    An Unhappy Marriage

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    One of a trilogy of animated shorts based on Moravian folk ballads.

    An Unhappy Marriage
  • 1948
    Love and the Zeppelin

    Love and the Zeppelin

    Love and the Zeppelin

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    A young aristocrat is madly in love with an inventor, but her parents arrange her marriage to an old army general.

    Love and the Zeppelin
  • 1973
    The Face

    The Face

    The Face

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    An experimental study in black and white tracing the stages of human life through the transformation of a man’s face.

    The Face
  • 1959
    Bomb Mania

    Bomb Mania

    Bomb Mania

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    Anti-war animation about man's passions for self-destruction by experimenting with dangerous chemicals.

    Bomb Mania
  • 1951
    Mouchy

    Mouchy

    Mouchy

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    Mouchy
  • 1965
    The Deserter

    The Deserter

    The Deserter

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    An absurd slapstick piece about a man immersed in his own dreams, refusing to accept everyday reality. He finds everyone obnoxious, children and...

    The Deserter
  • 1961
    The Television Fan

    The Television Fan

    The Television Fan

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    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 Television Fan
  • 1951
    Neviditelní nepřátelé

    Neviditelní nepřátelé

    Neviditelní nepřátelé

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    Neviditelní nepřátelé
  • 1948
    Šváb

    Šváb

    Šváb

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    Šváb
  • 1953
    O světle

    O světle

    O světle

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    O světle
  • 1944
    Neposlušný zajíček

    Neposlušný zajíček

    Neposlušný zajíček

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

    Neposlušný zajíček
  • 1975
    Closed Due to Illness

    Closed Due to Illness

    Closed Due to Illness

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    An agitprop piece lampooning a perceived blemish on contemporary society — short notices in shop windows offering a pithy explanation of why...

    Closed Due to Illness
  • 1963
    How to Keep Slim

    How to Keep Slim

    How to Keep Slim

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    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...

    How to Keep Slim
  • 1968
    The Power of Destiny

    The Power of Destiny

    The Power of Destiny

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    An ironic anecdote about a fortune-teller perplexed by her customer who laughs at her reading of his palm. According to her, the man is to become a...

    The Power of Destiny
  • 1969
    Metamorpheus

    Metamorpheus

    Metamorpheus

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    Orpheus reconsidered, starting from animations of mosaic images. Eventually, there is lava.

    Metamorpheus
  • 1962
    Reason and Emotion

    Reason and Emotion

    Reason and Emotion

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    Reason and Emotion, personified as two gardeners, are opponents in a landscaping contest (French formal garden vs. English landscape park), but...

    Reason and Emotion