Profile of Jiří Trnka
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Jiří Trnka

Born
1912-02-24
Birthplace
Plzeň,
Rakousko-Uhersko
Born
1912-02-24
Died
1969-12-30
(57 years old)
Birthplace
Plzeň
Rakousko-Uhersko
Biography

A graduate of Prague's School of Arts and Crafts, in 1936 he created a puppet theater, which was disbanded after the outbreak of WWII. During the war he designed stage sets and illustrated children's ......

Profile of Jiří Trnka

Jiří Trnka

Born
1912-02-24
Died
1969-12-30
(57 years old)
Birthplace
Plzeň
Rakousko-Uhersko
Born
1912-02-24
Died
1969-12-30
(57 years old)
Birthplace
Plzeň
Rakousko-Uhersko
Biography

A graduate of Prague's School of Arts and Crafts, in 1936 he created a puppet theater, which was disbanded after the outbreak of WWII. During the war he designed stage sets and illustrated children's books. In 1945 he set up an animation unit with several collaborators at the Prague film studio; they called the unit "Trick Brothers." Trnka specialized in puppet animation, a traditional Czech art form, of which he became the undisputed master. He also created animated cartoons, but it was his puppet animation that made him an internationally recognized artist and the winner of film festival awards at Venice and elsewhere. He wrote the scripts for most of his own films.

55 titles with 132 credits

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The Hand poster

1965

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Lemonade Joe poster

1964

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The Emperor and the Golem poster

1951

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Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... poster

1955

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Springman and the SS poster

1946

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A Midsummer's Night Dream poster

1959

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Song of the Prairie poster

1949

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The Emperor's Nightingale poster

1949

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Cybernetic Grandma poster

1963

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Story of the Bass Cello poster

1956

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The Good Soldier Svejk poster

1956

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Old Czech Legends poster

1953

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The Czech Year poster

1947

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Two Little Frosts poster

1955

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Jan Hus poster

1955

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Prince Bayaya poster

1951

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Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose poster

1965

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The Gift poster

1947

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Against All poster

1957

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The Devil's Mill poster

1949

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The Golden Fish poster

1951

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Jan Žižka poster

1956

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Capek's Tales poster

1947

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Grandpa Planted a Beet poster

1946

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The Merry Circus poster

1951

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A Drop Too Much poster

1954

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Passion poster

1961

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The Animals and the Brigands poster

1947

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The Midnight Adventure poster

1960

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The Gingerbread House poster

1951

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The Good Soldier Schweik poster

1986

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Bomb Mania poster

1959

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Joy of Love poster

1966

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Paraplíčko poster

1957

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The Hurvinek Circus poster

1955

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Kutasek and Kutilka poster

1954

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Spejbl on the Trail poster

1956

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Why UNESCO? poster

1959

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Garden poster

1974

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Zlý jelen poster

1962

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Loutky Jiřího Trnky poster

1956

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Míša Kulička poster

1947

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Jiří Trnka poster

1967

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The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka poster

2000

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Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase poster

1956

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To jsou Bratři v triku poster

1957

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About the Thick Fog poster

1976

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Skutečnost Noci svatojánské poster

1959

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Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče poster

1954

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Jirí Trnka: Puppet Animation Master poster

1999

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How to Catch a Tiger poster

1977

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How the Old Man Traded It All Away poster

1954

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Velryba - Abyrlev poster

TBD

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Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku poster

1955

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Liška a džbán poster

1947

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