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The Czech Year

The Czech Year

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 13, 1947

Runtime

1h 15m

Genres

Animation

User Score

61%

Original Title

Špalíček

Production Companies

Loutkový film Praha

Director

Jiří Trnka

Description

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.