Staré povesti ceské

Sep 11 1953 N/A 1h 31m
Animation, Fantasy, History

A monumental piece of art bringing the heroes of the ancient Czech myths back to life. The picture consists of seven parts: Cech the Forefather, Bivoj, Libuse, Premysl, Girls War, Horymir, Lucka War.

Plot

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.

Written by

Alois Jirásek, Jirí Brdecka, Jirí Trnka

Directed by

Jirí Trnka

Cast

Zdenek Stepánek, Eduard Kohout, Karel Höger

Crew

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Production Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production Companies

Loutkový film Praha

Languages

Ceský

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
302
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA