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The Czech Year
Directed byJiří Trnka
Written byJiří Trnka
Produced byKrátký Film Praha
Jiří Trnka Studio
CinematographyEmanuel Franek
Vladimír Novotný
Edited byHelena Lebdusková
Music byVáclav Trojan
Josef Zavadil (sound)
Distributed byKrátký Film Praha
Release date
  • December 13, 1947 (December 13, 1947) (Czechoslovakia)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

The Czech Year (Czech title: Špalíček), also called A Treasury of Fairy-Tales, is a 1947 stop-motion-animated puppet feature film from Czechoslovakia.[1] It was the first feature film directed by Jiří Trnka, and it proceeded to win several international awards and make his name famous in the animation world.

Plot

The traditional customs and tales of a Czech village are depicted in six separate sequences: "Shrovetide", "Spring", "Legend About St. Prokop", "The Fair", "The Feast" and "Bethlehem".

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 82. ISBN 9781476672939.

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Films directed by Jiří Trnka
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