Karel Mann

Birth : 1912-02-09,

Death : 1983-11-25

Movies

The Devil and Kate
Sound Effects
Adaption of the Antonin Dvorak opera Čert a Káča (The Devil and Kate), Op. 112, B.201, based on a farce by Josef Kajetán Tyl.
Doggie and Three
Special Effects
A Drop Too Much
Sound Effects
Hrnečku, vař!
Animation
While all the inhabitants of a small rural village are working hard to survive the harsh daily routine, the mayor and his wife are gorging themselves to death. Without generosity, they even refuse alms to a penniless old lady. Among the hard workers trying to subsist, a little girl works courageously to help her exhausted mother. One day, during her lunch break, she goes into the forest to fill her cup of water in a river. There, a poor old lady asks for alms from the young lady, having nothing but her little piece of bread, willingly offers it to her. It is then that the old lady, as a reward, enchants the cup of the little girl ...
Old Czech Legends
Sound Effects
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.
Jablůňka se zlatými jablky
Animation
Kdo je nejmocnější
Story
Ivánku náš
Screenplay
Ivánku náš
Story
Ivánku náš
Director
Závistivá zvířátka
Screenplay
Závistivá zvířátka
Director
Papírové nocturno
Screenplay
Šváb
Screenplay
Šváb
Director
Basa tvrdí muziku
Screenplay
Basa tvrdí muziku
Director
Vodník ve mlýně
Animation
The Animals and the Brigands
Screenplay
The second cartoon by Jiri Trnka that was a sensation at the festival in Cannes in 1946 when it defeated the world animation elite of the time. It is a musical fairy-tale based on a famous folk story about animals that deterred thieves.
Springman and the SS
Animation
The first animated picture made by Jiří Trnka for adults. It is a comic story of a legendary chimney-cleaner who, with the help of a spring from an old lounge-chair, became the terror of the Prague occupation SS troops in World War II. —kratkyfilm.cz