Stanislav Látal Movies

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...

The first animated picture made by Jiří Trnka for adults. It is a comic story of a legendary chimney-cleaner who, with the help of a...

An animated lecture that totally overthrows the idea of the tender character of women and violent character of men. It proves that the reality is...

A humorous modern fairy-tale about boys who woke up a mammoth in a school biology room and experienced a lot of adventures with it. After numerous...

Taken from Boccaccio's Decameron, this lovely puppet film tells the bawdy story of the beautiful young Venetian lady who confesses her sinful passion...

A modern fairy-tale about Otýlie, a girl who each time she writes something gets all dirty from the ink. One day her teacher wants to clean...

An animated singing western short in which a cowboy takes on the villain to save his beloved.

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...

"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...

Two mischievous frost spirits make things chilly for a pair of travelers in this wintry comic folktale.

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,...

The picture, unlike the other film adaptations of the story, focuses much more on Crusoe’s life before and after his stay on the island....

Trnka’s sci-fi vision of the future in which machines and robots try to substitute themselves into the most beautiful human relationships. A...

A barrel organ grinder meets the devil on a mysterious moonlit night in this haunted-house fable, which showcases Trnka’s atmospheric use of...

A satiric film that through a lecture of a cracked brain pedant describes the increasing disobedience of children. It calls us for protection against...

Animated fairy tale about the mountain ghost Rübezahl and his dealing with a thieving shoemaker.