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 |
Camera | Vladimír Novotný | Director of Photography |
Writing | Jiří Trnka | Story |
Art | Jiří Trnka | Art Direction |
Art | V. Braun | Set Decoration |
Writing | Václav Trojan | Story |
Art | Jaroslav Zdrůbecký | Set Decoration |
Writing | Jiří Trnka | Screenplay |
Camera | Emanuel Franek | Director of Photography |
Writing | Václav Renč | Story |
Art | František Horník | Set Decoration |
Art | František Braun | Set Decoration |
Visual Effects | Břetislav Pojar | Animation |
Sound | Josef Zavadil | Sound |
Visual Effects | Bohuslav Šrámek | Animation |
Editing | Jiří Trnka | Editor |
Sound | Jan Kühn | Conductor |
Visual Effects | Jan Karpaš | Animation |
Production | Jaroslav Jílovec | Production Manager |
Visual Effects | Zdeněk Hrabě | Animation |
Visual Effects | Arnošt Továrek | Animation |
Art | Karel Sobotka | Set Decoration |
Visual Effects | Stanislav Látal | Animation |
Sound | Otakar Pařík | Conductor |
Editing | Helena Lebdušková | Editor |