The Czech Year
| The Czech Year | |
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| Directed by | Jiří Trnka |
| Written by | Jiří Trnka |
| Produced by | Krátký Film Praha Jiří Trnka Studio |
| Cinematography | Emanuel Franek Vladimír Novotný |
| Edited by | Helena Lebdusková |
| Music by | Václav Trojan Josef Zavadil (sound) |
| Distributed by | Krátký Film Praha |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
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".
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Categories:
- 1947 films
- 1947 animated films
- Czechoslovak animated films
- 1940s Czech-language films
- 1947 Czechoslovak films
- Animated films based on fairy tales
- Films directed by Jiří Trnka
- Animated anthology films
- 1940s stop-motion animated films
- Czech animated fantasy films
- Films set in the Czech Republic
- Animated films set in Europe
- Films scored by Václav Trojan
- 1940s color films
- 1940s animated film stubs