Jan Karpaš
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08-10-1913
Birthday
Libra
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Place of Birth
08-10-1913
Birthday
Libra
Zodiac Sign
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Genres
0
Total Films
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Also Known As (male)
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Place of Birth
Creative career
actor
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producer
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director
30 Works
writer
6 Works
other
20 Works
Cecílie 470
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Year:
1961
Cecílie 470
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Year:
1961
Passion
The passion for high speed can nowadays almost be seen in the new-born. The film shows that such passion, if not controlled, is self-destructing and even suicidal. At least this is the way Trnka presents it in this satiric story. —kratkyfilm.cz6.5
Year:
1961
Fikmik
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Year:
1960
Fikmik
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Year:
1960
Fikmik
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Year:
1960
A Midsummer's Night Dream
The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common popular world of tradesmen amateur theatre and a fairy-tale happiness of magic creatures as elves and nymphs. The film is considered the most remarkable Jiří Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.7.1
Year:
1959
Liška a vlk
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Year:
1956
Liška a vlk
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Year:
1956
Liška a vlk
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Year:
1956
Liška a vlk
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Year:
1956
The Hurvinek Circus
Hurvinek cannot go to a circus because he injured himself when sliding down the stair rail. He daydreams that he is an acrobat riding a scooter and an animal-trainer taming beasts. (MUBI)6.0
Year:
1955
Two Little Frosts
Two mischievous frost spirits make things chilly for a pair of travelers in this wintry comic folktale.6.5
Year:
1955
Kubula a Kuba Kubikula
0.0
Year:
1955
Kubula a Kuba Kubikula
0.0
Year:
1955
A Drop Too Much
5.8
Year:
1954
Old Czech Legends
A monumental piece of art bringing the heroes of the ancient Czech myths back to life. The picture consists of seven parts: Cech the Forefather, Bivoj, Libuse, Premysl, Girls War, Horymir, Lucka War.6.4
Year:
1953
The Gingerbread House
6.0
Year:
1951
Prince Bayaya
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 soon realizes that the three princesses are nagged by evil spirits. The little peasant manages to rid them of them, fights a duel with a wicked lord who wanted to marry one of the three princesses. He finally wins the heart of the youngest sister while saving the soul of his mother who was in purgatory.5.4
Year:
1951
The Emperor's Nightingale
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 nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health.5.3
Year:
1949
Song of the Prairie
An animated singing western short in which a cowboy takes on the villain to save his beloved.5.5
Year:
1949
Story of the Bass Cello
"Román s basou" is another short by master a stop-motion puppet-animator Jiri Trnka. The story is based on Anton Chekhovs story "Roman s Kontrabasom". Princess Bibulova decides to go fishing along the river while not far away a bass player leaves his two companions to go for a swim.5.5
Year:
1949
The Devil's Mill
A barrel organ grinder meets the devil on a mysterious moonlit night in this haunted-house fable, which showcases Trnka’s atmospheric use of sound to conjure a macabre mood.5.8
Year:
1949
The Czech Year
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.6.1
Year:
1947
Liška a džbán
0.0
Year:
1947
Míša Kulička
0.0
Year:
1947
Míša Kulička
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Year:
1947