Adolf Born

Birth : 1930-06-12,

Death : 2016-05-22

Movies

Max, Sally and the Magic Phone
Graphic Designer
Max and Sally, the heroes of popular Czech animated series are leaving the TV in order to become a regular boy and girl.
About the Tap Who Sang at the Opera
Screenplay
Story about a hard way to the stage. Our hero gives up his job in a restaurant to find fame on fortune at the opera. will he succeed?
About the Tap Who Sang at the Opera
Director
Story about a hard way to the stage. Our hero gives up his job in a restaurant to find fame on fortune at the opera. will he succeed?
The Boy Who Became a Cupboard
Graphic Designer
Parents from around the world hold a congress to discuss how to deal with their misbehaving children. All parents come together — only one set is missing, the parents of Sylvester, the best boy in the world. The congress decides to go see him so he can lead the other children by example. Sylvester is truly an exceptional child, but his "being good at all times and under all circumstances" somewhat gets out of hand.
Matylda and her Spare Head
Graphic Designer
Surreal short animation about a clever girl with an amazing memory. Things go well for her until she can't remember facts about polar bears for a school project.
Matylda and her Spare Head
Writer
Surreal short animation about a clever girl with an amazing memory. Things go well for her until she can't remember facts about polar bears for a school project.
Matylda and her Spare Head
Director
Surreal short animation about a clever girl with an amazing memory. Things go well for her until she can't remember facts about polar bears for a school project.
Mach a Šebestová k tabuli!
Screenplay
Mach a Šebestová k tabuli!
Director
Imago
Graphic Designer
One of the moralities of the trio of authors Milos Macourek, Adolf Born and Jaroslav Doubrava. It deals with the topic of implacability of human optimism and fantasy. In a sad manner it tells us a humorous story of a man living double life: one of a beaten little clerk, humiliated by his arrogant boss, imperious wife and misbehaved descendant; the other of a spoiled hero of a dream empire full of beautiful and tender women, flowers and fantastic figures. From artistic point of view is the film based on Adolf Born's lithographs.
Imago
Screenplay
One of the moralities of the trio of authors Milos Macourek, Adolf Born and Jaroslav Doubrava. It deals with the topic of implacability of human optimism and fantasy. In a sad manner it tells us a humorous story of a man living double life: one of a beaten little clerk, humiliated by his arrogant boss, imperious wife and misbehaved descendant; the other of a spoiled hero of a dream empire full of beautiful and tender women, flowers and fantastic figures. From artistic point of view is the film based on Adolf Born's lithographs.
Imago
Director
One of the moralities of the trio of authors Milos Macourek, Adolf Born and Jaroslav Doubrava. It deals with the topic of implacability of human optimism and fantasy. In a sad manner it tells us a humorous story of a man living double life: one of a beaten little clerk, humiliated by his arrogant boss, imperious wife and misbehaved descendant; the other of a spoiled hero of a dream empire full of beautiful and tender women, flowers and fantastic figures. From artistic point of view is the film based on Adolf Born's lithographs.
Inferiority Complex
Graphic Designer
A humorous criminal story about a dog that knew how to read, appreciated classical music and spoke a foreign language. His primitive master hates his dog's superiority and tries to liquidate it physically.
Inferiority Complex
Screenplay
A humorous criminal story about a dog that knew how to read, appreciated classical music and spoke a foreign language. His primitive master hates his dog's superiority and tries to liquidate it physically.
Inferiority Complex
Director
A humorous criminal story about a dog that knew how to read, appreciated classical music and spoke a foreign language. His primitive master hates his dog's superiority and tries to liquidate it physically.
I'll Be Good, Old Man!
Title Designer
To the intolerant and bloody-minded Prague actor Bergner (Milos Kopecký) is the lead in Moliere's Misanthrope which he is studying now as tailor-made. On top of that he is malicious and he advises to the new actress Helenka (Dagmar Havlová) in such a way that she upsets the theatre director. If Bergner accuses somebody of a mischief and he is wrong, he never apologizes. When he almost crashes an older elegant lady by his car on the zebra crossing, instead of an apology he calls her an old ballet dancer... But in Brno's TV he takes part in a discussion on manners and he gives himself as an example of good manners and grace. In the train he meets a magic old man (Ladislav Pesek) who warns him and admonishes him to change his behavior. After he arrives to Prague the old man's threat comes true.
Pan Kobkán vdává dceru
Graphic Designer
A Nice Plate of Spinach
Title Designer
The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.
Circulation
Graphic Designer
The world is made up of yellow people, who turn green if they accept a bribe. As the world becomes increasingly full of green people, everyone turns their attention towards the one hat shop girl who refuses to be corrupted.
Circulation
Screenplay
The world is made up of yellow people, who turn green if they accept a bribe. As the world becomes increasingly full of green people, everyone turns their attention towards the one hat shop girl who refuses to be corrupted.
Circulation
Director
The world is made up of yellow people, who turn green if they accept a bribe. As the world becomes increasingly full of green people, everyone turns their attention towards the one hat shop girl who refuses to be corrupted.
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
Title Designer
There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only way is to drown Dr. Mrácek, who is responsible for the demolition. But he falls in love with Wassermann's niece Jana. He changes to fish, is mistaken for water spirit from Germany, is drowned and revived again. The other problem is the flour with ears... and so on...
Hugo a Bobo
Graphic Designer
One of the moralities of the trio of authors Milos Macourek, Adolf Born and Jaroslav Doubrava. It deals with an important ethical issue of matrimony when one of the partners leaves the other after many years of living together. The concept of the picture is humorous exaggeration, it is full of observations and also a wise view on the problem of gratitude and ungratefulness.
Hugo a Bobo
Writer
One of the moralities of the trio of authors Milos Macourek, Adolf Born and Jaroslav Doubrava. It deals with an important ethical issue of matrimony when one of the partners leaves the other after many years of living together. The concept of the picture is humorous exaggeration, it is full of observations and also a wise view on the problem of gratitude and ungratefulness.
Hugo a Bobo
Director
One of the moralities of the trio of authors Milos Macourek, Adolf Born and Jaroslav Doubrava. It deals with an important ethical issue of matrimony when one of the partners leaves the other after many years of living together. The concept of the picture is humorous exaggeration, it is full of observations and also a wise view on the problem of gratitude and ungratefulness.
Nonsense
Graphic Designer
A morality play about human fantasy losing its creativity if it becomes a means of making money. In this film it is the ability of a boy to create colored "nonsense" that becomes a trade for his parents. The colored clouds of the little boy produced on the basis of orders eventually change to gray cubes.
Nonsense
Screenplay
A morality play about human fantasy losing its creativity if it becomes a means of making money. In this film it is the ability of a boy to create colored "nonsense" that becomes a trade for his parents. The colored clouds of the little boy produced on the basis of orders eventually change to gray cubes.
Nonsense
Director
A morality play about human fantasy losing its creativity if it becomes a means of making money. In this film it is the ability of a boy to create colored "nonsense" that becomes a trade for his parents. The colored clouds of the little boy produced on the basis of orders eventually change to gray cubes.
A Bird's Life
Director
An excellently ironic morality story which deals with the difficult situation of a woman in a temporary family. In an exaggerated way the woman sets herself free and starts to fly independently and in the same independent manner she volunteers to go back to her kitchen and slavery.
The Girl on the Broomstick
Title Designer
A teenage witch, Saxana (Petra Černocká), frozen in time as a punishment for 300 years, finds herself in a modern world.
Co kdyby...?
Screenplay
A humorous story about people who before doing anything imagine all possible unpleasant consequences of their action and in the end decide that they better do not do anything.
Co kdyby...?
Director
A humorous story about people who before doing anything imagine all possible unpleasant consequences of their action and in the end decide that they better do not do anything.
How Wise Aristotle Became Even Wiser
Art Designer
A fanciful apocryphal tale about the famous Greek scholar, who is determined not to have his mind taken off educating young Alexander the Great, until Cupid makes him succumb to the temptations of a light-hearted young woman.
Six Black Girls
Art Direction
Detective Lieutenant Boruvka (Lubomír Lipský) is called to the State Scientific Library to investigate the loss of a precious manuscript, the Infernal Psalter of the Occult Sciences by Master Peregrinus from the eleventh century, written in a secret script which has only recently been deciphered by senior lecturer Zajíc (Josef Chvalina). Chaos is reigning in the labyrinth of passages and halls of the former monastery where the library is housed. In order to save space the director of the library has introduced a peculiar system. The books are arranged in the bookcases according to height and six girls dressed in black, the library assistants, are quite happy to cut volumes down to size in case of need. Boruvka refuses the case, since he is specialist in murders. He has to return to the investigation, however, when senior lecturer Zajíc disappears.
Příliš mnoho něhy
Graphic Designer
An animated lecture that totally overthrows the idea of the tender character of women and violent character of men. It proves that the reality is different.
Poklad pana Arna
Art Direction
The Hobbit
Production Design
The very first movie adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit. Made in just 30 days so that the producer could keep the rights to Tolkien's books.