The Czech Year

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The Czech Year

Released: Dec 13, 1947

Runtime: 1h 15m

Rating: ⭐ 6.1 / 10

Animation

Overview

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.