Movies: Jan Dudešek

A classical ballad motif about an aging father and his three daughters is quite unusually here set against the backdrop of Czechoslovakia of the 1950s. After having been expropriated, the former landowner Majda seeks refuge with his three daughters w...

As unbelievable as it sounds, a stint in prison can really fix things. The old seasoned pickpocket will serve many years before he is released, but he comes out a changed man. He even dares to refuse the lures and threats of an all-powerful criminal ...

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A tragic story of an uneasy marriage between a young girl and an elderly, crotchety man who cannot understand or approach her....

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Jakubisko’s graduation work which examines the lives of young people on the eve of their joining the army for national service....

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Puppet animated movie about an evil king, a golden-haired princess and living and dead water based on the fairy tale by Josef Kaynar....

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A romantic story between two wool skeins....

Surrealistic short animation by Hermína Týrlová....

The boys find a Turkish chess machine in the museum's storerooms and win a magic crystal with which they can subdue objects to their will. A doll, a puck at a match of their favorite hockey team.... And even a teacher....

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Puppet adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale....

A lovely fairytale for all tells the story of a doll that is lost, and with the help of other toys is looking for a way to her friend...

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Different animals play with a marble in this whimsical story from Hermína Týrlová, ‘the mother of Czech animation’...

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