Jiří Brdečka Movies

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

A short, humorous history of aviation based on Kamil Lhoták's book "Balloons, Wings, Propellers."

This melancholy piece about the metamorphoses of love and the eternal dissatisfaction of human beings with what they have was inspired by the lyrics...

Adapting a 1930s song, Brdečka presents a ballad of true love between a miner and his sweetheart in a tale that ends in tragedy.

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

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

Trnka reached new heights of modernist abstraction with this innovative, surrealist mini-masterwork, which critic Jean-Pierre Coursodon praised as...

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

A short animated film based on the American folk song about a logger in the habit of stirring his coffee with his thumb.

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...

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

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 poetical story, based on a late Gothic song about the serene and fulfilling relationship of two lovers, is expressed through the minimalist...

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...