Jiří Brdečka Movies

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

Lemonade Joe, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, Dinner for Adele, The and the Golem - These and other Czech cinematography film hits have on...

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

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

A fanciful apocryphal tale about the famous Greek scholar, who is determined not to have his mind taken off educating young Alexander the Great,...

A hunter goes out to the forest, followed by his lady love. Things do not go well, as documented in song.

A short film promoting contemporary cosmetic products against the backdrop of an entertaining history of cosmetics.

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

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

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

This animated precursor to music videos was made on commission for the American company Rembrandt Films. It illustrates an American folk song of the...

A meat-eating monarch marries a vegetarian princess.

A picture based on an old folk song tells us a horrifying story about a soldier returning home after twenty years. His parents do not recognize him,...

Another well-known children's story. Jiří Brdečka made it on commission for his friend, Italian producer Max Massimino-Garnier, as...

This anti-war piece presents an exaggerated, satirical overview of the evolution of weapons from a prehistoric club to the atomic bomb.

This original adaptation of Oscar Wilde's sad, socially conscious fairy tale, The Happy Prince, hinges on the conflict between fact and dream,...