Jiří Brdečka Movies

A short film promoting contemporary cosmetic products against the backdrop of an entertaining history of cosmetics.

A short, humorous history of aviation based on Kamil Lhoták's book "Balloons, Wings, Propellers."

A hunter goes out to the forest, followed by his lady love. Things do not go well, as documented in song.

Faustus wants to invent a fire that is stronger than all previous flames. Then death approaches him. In order to prolong his life, he makes a pact...

A satirical agitprop piece on dieting. The protagonist is a man trying to slim down in various ways; his attempts are radical but inconsistent, and...

At school the dunce draws a Picasso style chicken on the black board. The chicken comes to life, runs away, and finds itself in the teacher's garden....

Lemonade Joe, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, Dinner for Adele, The and the Golem - These and other Czech cinematography film hits have on...

An absurd slapstick piece about a man immersed in his own dreams, refusing to accept everyday reality. He finds everyone obnoxious, children and...

A careful motorcyclist stops by a cozy pub on his way home to his sweetheart.

A young aristocrat is madly in love with an inventor, but her parents arrange her marriage to an old army general.

A combined film, or rather personal profile, in which the naive paintings of quirky comedian and self-taught painter Josef Hlinomaze are brought to...

This tongue-in-cheek variation on the popular theme of the mysterious smile on Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting narrates the Maestro's...

After the flying machines of "How Man Learned to Fly," this next popular science installment by Jiří Brdečka focuses on the history...

Trnka reached new heights of modernist abstraction with this innovative, surrealist mini-masterwork, which critic Jean-Pierre Coursodon praised as...

The film tries to persuade young viewers that they should only watch TV after having completed their duties; it shows them (and their parents) what...

One of a trilogy of animated shorts based on Moravian folk ballads.