Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage)(1973)
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, France, Jiří Trnka Studio, Réne Laloux, Slovakia, Technicolor, 1973
Producer(s): Simon Damiani Anatole Dauman Andre Valio-Cavaglione Vaclav Strnad
Release Date: 11/05/1973 (Cannes); 06/12/1973 (France); 21/12/1973 (Czechslovakia)
"Fantastic Planet (1973), based on Stefan Wul's novel Oms en série (1957), takes place in a distant future where the giant blue-skin aliens, the Draags, enslave and oppress humans. Terr, the protagonist, is a human boy raised as a pet of a Draag girl..."
Hermína Týrlová
Filed under: people, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Hermína Týrlová, V, Ziln Studios, Animator, Artist, Director, Film designer, Filmmaker, Puppeteer, Sculptor
"Hermína Týrlová was a Czech animator, director, and puppeteer who made films from the 1920s up to the 1980s. She is often referred to as the “mother of Czech animation” for her contributions to animated film within the country. (Barker, 1) She..."
Jan Švankmajer
Filed under: people, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Czech Republic, Krátký Film, Pixilation, Stop Motion, Animator, Artist, Director
"Jan Švankmajer is a Czechoslovakian surrealist artist, filmmaker and animator. His work revolves around the exploration of imaginative meanings within objects of the everyday specifically through their tactile qualities. Filled with grotesque imager..."
Jiří Trnka
Filed under: people, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Bratři v triku, Czech Republic, Fantasy, Jiří Trnka Studio, Puppetoons, Stop Motion, Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu, World War 2 ( WW2 ), Animator, Artist, Cartoonist, Cinematographer, Illustrator, Painter, Puppeteer, Set Designer
"Jiří Trnka was born in Pilsen (now Plzeň), Bohemia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire on February 24, 1912. He was a Czech animator and illustrator who specialized in stop-motion puppetry animation. While he was known for illustrating children’s ..."
Rakvickarna/Punch and Judy
Filed under: animation, Czech Republic, Krátký Film, Stop Motion, 1966
Producer(s): Erna Kmínková Jirí Vanek
Release Date: 1966
""Two puppets, Punch and Joey, do battle to the death over the custody of a live guinea pig.""
Sen noci svatojánské (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Classical, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Fantasy, Jiři Trnka, Jiří Trnka Studio, Puppetoons, Stop Motion, Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu, Válclav Trojan, 1959
Release Date: 25/09/1959
"Sen noci svatojánské directed by Jiří Trnka, is a Czech animated puppetry film based on Shakespeare’s famous comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The film was the last feature-length film directed by Trnka, but one of the most remarkable (Osmon..."
Snehulak (The Snowman)
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Color, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Hermína Týrlová, Puppetoons, Slovakia, Snehulak/The Snowman, Stop Motion, 1966
Producer(s): K. Hutěčka, J. Čapoun, A. Horáková
Release Date: 1966
"The Snowman is a Czech experimental short animation about a snowman who is created by a child and soon realizes that the winter weather will someday end and he will be at risk of melting. Looking to find a colder home, the snowman embarks on a journe..."