The Merry Circus (1951)

Genre : Animation

Runtime : 12M

Director : Jiří Trnka
Writer : Jiří Trnka

Synopsis

Trnka brings to life a surrealist circus of tightrope-walking fish, musical monkeys, balancing bears, and high-flying acrobatics in this whimsical feat of cutout animation made in collaboration with leading Czech painters of the era.

Actors

Crews

Jiří Trnka
Jiří Trnka
Director
Emanuel Formánek
Emanuel Formánek
Sound
Helena Lebdušková
Helena Lebdušková
Editor
Jiří Trnka
Jiří Trnka
Graphic Designer
Kamil Lhoták
Kamil Lhoták
Graphic Designer
Zdeněk Seydl
Zdeněk Seydl
Graphic Designer
Bohuslav Šrámek
Bohuslav Šrámek
Animation
Josef Kluge
Josef Kluge
Animation
Stanislav Látal
Stanislav Látal
Animation
František Tichý
František Tichý
Graphic Designer
Jan Rychlík
Jan Rychlík
Original Music Composer
Václav Trojan
Václav Trojan
Original Music Composer
Jiří Trnka
Jiří Trnka
Story
Jiří Trnka
Jiří Trnka
Screenplay
Emanuel Franek
Emanuel Franek
Director of Photography
Otakar Pařík
Otakar Pařík
Conductor

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