Břetislav Pojar Movies

The Czech stop-motion puppet animation master Jiri Trnka directed some of the most acclaimed animated films ever made. In 1966, four years before his...

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...

This is one of three 15 minute cat films made by Bretislav Pojar in 1960-61. It features mime artist Ladislav Fialka as the painter Honza. He gets...

Short animation that makes fun of art snobs.

Short movie by Bretislav Pojar

Four children see images of other youngsters around the world who dream of doing great things when they grow up but whose dreams are dashed by the...

A short animated film by the award-winning artist Bretislav Pojar on the question of the economic consequences of the arms race. The film poses the...

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

A picture based on the story written by Karel Jaromír Erben. It is about an enchanted apple maiden who is set free from the spell of a bad...

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

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...

A view of man's perpetual struggle for self-destruction, in which we glimpse a world where rockets are part of everyone's lives.