The second cartoon by Jiri Trnka that was a sensation at the festival in Cannes in 1946 when it defeated the world animation elite of the time. It is a musical fairy-tale based on a famous folk story about animals that deterred thieves.
Unfortunately the movie The Animals and the Brigands is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Jiří Trnka | Director |
| Visual Effects | Boris Masník | Animation |
| Writing | Jiří Trnka | Screenplay |
| Writing | Stanislav Látal | Screenplay |
| Sound | Václav Trojan | Music Arranger |
| Writing | Eduard Hofman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Karel Mann | Screenplay |
| Editing | Helena Lebdušková | Editor |
| Production | Jaroslav Jílovec | Production Manager |
| Writing | František Hrubín | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jiří Trnka | Story |
| Sound | Emil Poledník | Sound |
| Art | Jiří Trnka | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Jiří Trnka | Art Designer |
| Sound | Oskar Nedbal | Music |
