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The Czech Year

1947Directed by Jiří Trnka

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Released: December 19, 1947
Runtime: 1h 15m

About The Czech Year

Animation
Family
Music

Synopsis

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.

Director: Jiří Trnka
Writers: Jiří Trnka
Václav Trojan
Václav Renč
Original title: Špalíček

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