Antonín Horák

The story of some mischievous clothes drying on a string. A cheerful fairy tale.

The puppet monkey saves the baby from the pernicious influence of cigarettes.

A stop-motion animated fairy tale about good and evil using wooden folk toys.

An adventure with living figurines from a Christmas tree. A restless little devil bothers the other ornaments hanging on the Christmas tree. When he wakes up a child and makes it cry, he's finally punished.

Everyone knows Ferda the Ant, who knows how to work with everyone and selflessly helps all small animals from the beetle empire. Everything with him is fun, but he can also punish stupidity and injustice.

A paper dove swaying over a cradle with a baby angers an annoying cat, who starts chasing the dove around the garden.

An episode from a series of fairy tales tells the story of correcting the behavior of a mischievous and devilish boy. When the boy gets glued to a bucket, he finally understands how he's harmed the animals in the yard and woods.

An episode from a series of fairy tales tells the story of correcting the behavior of a mischievous and devilish boy. When the boy gets glued to a bucket, he finally understands how he's harmed the animals in the yard and woods.

A stop-motion animated short about the journey of Nicholas, an angel and two devils to distribute gifts. The devils are bored on the way, so they invent all kinds of tricks.

An animated film that recounts the events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ described in the New Testament.

Another of Hermína Týrlová's "wool fairy tales" tells about two children who decorated a Christmas tree.

A poetic and colorful tale at the bottom of the sea.

Tanya, a 10-year-old Russian tourist traveling with her parents from Prague to Brno, is left behind in a foreign country. Tanya leaves her compartment when the train stops because of a cow. Disobeying her parent's instructions, she gets off the train to investigate, lingers too long, and is left behind. Cold, lonely, and clad only in her pajamas in the unfamiliar countryside, the girl is relieved to meet up with two rather nervous Czech boys camping out together for the first time. At first the would-be "cowboys" are frightened by her ghost-like appearance. After hearing her story, the boys find Tanya a dress to wear and accompany the girl on foot to her final destination, Brno.

A snowman comes to life in this charming and playful stop motion short. In danger of melting once spring rolls around, the snowman eventually departs for an icier climate, perhaps to return next winter.

A snowman comes to life in this charming and playful stop motion short. In danger of melting once spring rolls around, the snowman eventually departs for an icier climate, perhaps to return next winter.

Surrealistic short animation by Hermína Týrlová.

Different animals play with a marble in this whimsical story from Hermína Týrlová, ‘the mother of Czech animation’

A romantic story between two wool skeins.

An adventurous letter that wandered around the world instead of rushing to a summer camp to see its little recipient.

A lovely fairytale for all tells the story of a doll that is lost, and with the help of other toys is looking for a way to her friend

A puppet fairy tale about a disobedient train that did not just want to carry coal and drove to return to his work after a sad experience.

Un malvado millonario llamado Artigas planea utilizar un artefacto explosivo para doblegar a las naciones libres, operando desde un submarino pirata, donde mantiene como prisionero al inventor del explosivo. En uno de sus raids hunde un buque que llevaba a la bella Jana, la hija del profesor, la cual es rescatada y llevada al cuartel general de Artigas, bajo un enorme volcán. Este filme está basado en la novela 'Face au Drapeau', que Jules Verne escribió en 1896. Combinando collage, animación fotograma a fotograma, falsas perspectivas, decorados, miniaturas y sobreimpresiones, Zeman construyó planos de un barroquismo hipnótico que, en una película como Una invención diabólica, dotaron de vida los aguafuertes elaborados por Benette y Riou para los libros de Julio Verne editados por Pierre-Jules Hetzel.

A boy makes a knot in his handkerchief to remind himself to repair his leaky faucet. The handkerchief, however, is alive and kicking, and flees from its pocket to explore the outside world. The boy gets distracted by a game of soccer, forgetting the faucet. In the meantime, the handkerchief meets other pieces of fabric that come to life.

El genial mago checo de la animación foto a foto, Karel Zeman, entre sus numerosas recreaciones de los mundos de Julio Verne, nos llevará en un viaje a la Prehistoria por una travesía en el tiempo hacia atrás, en la que los jóvenes protagonistas conocerán a los dinosaurios. Zeman combina maquetas, acción real, dibujos animados y escenografías pintadas con resultados inigualables.

El genial mago checo de la animación foto a foto, Karel Zeman, entre sus numerosas recreaciones de los mundos de Julio Verne, nos llevará en un viaje a la Prehistoria por una travesía en el tiempo hacia atrás, en la que los jóvenes protagonistas conocerán a los dinosaurios. Zeman combina maquetas, acción real, dibujos animados y escenografías pintadas con resultados inigualables.

People living on an island finds a treasure, but it does not only do them good.

Primer largometraje de su realizador, se trata de una sátira basada en un poema de Karel Havlíček Borovský.

Cortometraje checoslovaco en stop-motion con figuras articuladas de vidrio. Narra la historia de un artista que busca inspiración en lo que ve reflejado en la naturaleza.

Shortfilm from the Mr. Prokouk series. Mr. Prokouk wants to be a filmmaker, but the making of a film has more complications than he expected.

In WWII Czechoslovakia, an old toymaker incorporates secret messages in his models to fool the Germans. They find him out and he flees. As the Gestapo officer hunts around he is attacked by the toys, who send him packing. Live action and stop motion short by Hermína Týrlová.