The Czech Year
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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.
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Jiří Trnka Director · Václav Trojan Story Václav Renč Story
First release December 19, 1947 · Produced in XC, Czechia · Original title Špalíček
Production
Loutkový film Praha
Production
XC · Czechia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Špalíček
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · December 19, 1947
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
March 22, 2017 · Theatrical · Re-release
France
June 16, 1950 · Theatrical
April 6, 2021 · Physical · DVD
XC
August 19, 1958 · Theatrical · Re-release
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