Zdeněk Smetana

Fairy Tales Under The Snow

In the second half of the eighties, this film was shown in cinemas as a full-length series of well-known fairy tales with popular characters: Puppy, Mike the cat, Křemílek and Vochomůrka, Dorotka, Kreček and Brundibári.

The Little Witch

A fairy tale about a good-hearted witch, and her friend the raven.

The Little Witch

A fairy tale about a good-hearted witch, and her friend the raven.

Konec krychle

A satire on modern housing and tiny apartment architecture.

Konec krychle

A satire on modern housing and tiny apartment architecture.

Konec krychle

A satire on modern housing and tiny apartment architecture.

Konec krychle

A satire on modern housing and tiny apartment architecture.

Omnifurous

A king and his three daughters must contend with the hairy wiles of the "ugly bastard" known as Omnifurous.

Omnifurous

A king and his three daughters must contend with the hairy wiles of the "ugly bastard" known as Omnifurous.

Omnifurous

A king and his three daughters must contend with the hairy wiles of the "ugly bastard" known as Omnifurous.

Voda cerstvosti

The first animation by gingerbread

Voda cerstvosti

The first animation by gingerbread

Železný klobouk

A short animated film.

The Creation of the World

La Création du Monde is among the first animated feature films made in France. But to be exact, the film was animated in Czechoslovakia and directed by Eduard Hofman. It is adapted from a series of five books by Jean Effel, a French caricaturist and illustrator. The visual style is adapted from his drawings. The film is a comedy about the creation of the universe in six days, with the devil messing around and contributing in his own way.

The Devil and Kate

Adaption of the Antonin Dvorak opera Čert a Káča (The Devil and Kate), Op. 112, B.201, based on a farce by Josef Kajetán Tyl.

O kohoutkovi a slepičce

Cartoon based on the theme of the national artist Maria Majerová; the fairy tale of the hen and the rooster shows how ugly selfishness is and how nice it is when one helps the other.

Hrnečku, vař!

While all the inhabitants of a small rural village are working hard to survive the harsh daily routine, the mayor and his wife are gorging themselves to death. Without generosity, they even refuse alms to a penniless old lady. Among the hard workers trying to subsist, a little girl works courageously to help her exhausted mother. One day, during her lunch break, she goes into the forest to fill her cup of water in a river. There, a poor old lady asks for alms from the young lady, having nothing but her little piece of bread, willingly offers it to her. It is then that the old lady, as a reward, enchants the cup of the little girl ...

Půjde to

Agitation film about puppets who want to stand on their own two feet and become self-sufficient and therefore make their own legs.

Půjde to

Agitation film about puppets who want to stand on their own two feet and become self-sufficient and therefore make their own legs.

Půjde to

Agitation film about puppets who want to stand on their own two feet and become self-sufficient and therefore make their own legs.

Půjde to

Agitation film about puppets who want to stand on their own two feet and become self-sufficient and therefore make their own legs.