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.
Unfortunately the movie The Czech Year is not yet available on HBO Max.
Production | Vladimír Janovský | Assistant Production Manager |
Sound | Václav Trojan | Original Music Composer |
Directing | Jiří Trnka | Director |
Writing | Jiří Trnka | Story |
Visual Effects | Břetislav Pojar | Animation |
Art | Jiří Trnka | Art Direction |
Art | František Braun | Set Decoration |
Writing | Václav Trojan | Story |
Art | Jaroslav Zdrůbecký | Set Decoration |
Editing | Jiří Trnka | Editor |
Camera | Emanuel Franek | Director of Photography |
Writing | Václav Renč | Story |
Camera | Vladimír Novotný | Director of Photography |
Visual Effects | Arnošt Továrek | Animation |
Sound | Josef Zavadil | Sound |
Production | Jaroslav Jílovec | Production Manager |
Visual Effects | Bohuslav Šrámek | Animation |
Visual Effects | Jan Karpaš | Animation |
Sound | Otakar Pařík | Conductor |
Art | Karel Sobotka | Set Decoration |
Visual Effects | Zdeněk Hrabě | Animation |
Visual Effects | Stanislav Látal | Animation |
Editing | Helena Lebdušková | Editor |
Sound | Jan Kühn | Conductor |
Writing | Jiří Trnka | Screenplay |
Art | František Horník | Set Decoration |
Art | V. Braun | Set Decoration |