The Czech Year

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The Czech Year

1947

1h 15m

Fantasy

Animation

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Lively puppets use Czechoslovakian folk legends, music, traditions and dance to mark the passage of one year in the Czech countryside.

David Parkinson

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Sep 9, 2026

4/5

Trnka's artistry is quite extraordinary, as he uses lighting, camera angles, stop-motion movement, and Václav Trojan's rich score to convey meaning and emotion via the painted faces of the deceptively simple, wondrously expressive puppets.

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Lively puppets use Czechoslovakian folk legends, music, traditions and dance to mark the passage of one year in the Czech countryside.

Director: Jirí Trnka
Screenwriter: Jirí Trnka
Genre: Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: Czech
Runtime: 1h 15m

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