Old Czech Legends
Excellent stop-motion animation film from one of the best Czech filmmakers, Jirí Trnka. It tells the ancient story of Bohemia, how it was founded by Czech, the Forefather, and a series of legendary episodes of heroes, queens and kings, inspired in a book by Alois Jirásek compiling the Czech myths.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Released
- 1953
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
Details
Release year: 1953
Storyline
Excellent stop-motion animation film from one of the best Czech filmmakers, Jirí Trnka. It tells the ancient story of Bohemia, how it was founded by Czech, the Forefather, and a series of legendary episodes of heroes, queens and kings, inspired in a book by Alois Jirásek compiling the Czech myths.
Top credits
Zdeněk Štěpánek — Unidentified Part
Eduard Kohout — Unidentified Part
Karel Höger — Voice Addressing Prince Neklan
Růžena Nasková — Unidentified Part
Did you know
• After a discussion with the Trnka family the team that remastered the film decided to leave in some of the production flaws to keep the most authentic product.
• The film was remastered in 2015-2016 as part of the Pilsen European cultural capital of 2015 event.
• In 2018 the film was screened during the special Leeuwarden European cultural capital of 2018 Noordelijk Film Festival to honor Pilsen the European cultural capital of 2015.
User reviews
"Old Czech Legends" - An Amazing Series of Czech Tales
Doesn't feel old
New Czech Legends.
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Color
