The Czech Year (1947)

Animation

The first full-length puppet film made by Jiri Trnka. Like the painter Ales who illustrated the national songs, Trnka depicts the traditional customs and tales of the Czech village in six separate sequences: Shrovetide, Spring, Legend About St. Prokop, The Fair, The Feast and Bethlehem." A Treasury of Fairy-tales" made Trnka famous all over the world and it is a masterpiece of Czech and world animation.

Cast

Crew

Director
Jiří Trnka
Story
Jiří Trnka
Screenplay
Jiří Trnka
Art Direction
Jiří Trnka
Story
V Václav Trojan
Story
V Václav Renč
Director of Photography
V Vladimír Novotný
Director of Photography
E Emanuel Franek
Set Decoration
J Jaroslav Zdrůbecký
Set Decoration
F František Braun
Set Decoration
F František Horník
Set Decoration
V V. Braun
Set Decoration
K Karel Sobotka
Editor
Jiří Trnka
Editor
H Helena Lebdušková
Sound
J Josef Zavadil
Animation
B Bohuslav Šrámek
Animation
Břetislav Pojar
Animation
J Jan Karpaš
Animation
Z Zdeněk Hrabě
Animation
Stanislav Látal
Animation
A Arnošt Továrek
Production Manager
J Jaroslav Jílovec
Conductor
O Otakar Pařík
Conductor
J Jan Kühn
Assistant Production Manager
V Vladimír Janovský
Original Music Composer
V Václav Trojan