The first full-length puppet film made by Jiri Trnka. Like the painter Ales who illustrated the national songs, Trnka depicts the traditional customs and tales of the Czech village in six separate sequences: Shrovetide, Spring, Legend About St. Prokop, The Fair, The Feast and Bethlehem." A Treasury of Fairy-tales" made Trnka famous all over the world and it is a masterpiece of Czech and world animation.
Directing | Jiří Trnka | Director |
Writing | Jiří Trnka | Story |
Writing | Jiří Trnka | Screenplay |
Art | Jiří Trnka | Art Direction |
Writing | Václav Trojan | Story |
Writing | Václav Renč | Story |
Camera | Vladimír Novotný | Director of Photography |
Camera | Emanuel Franek | Director of Photography |
Art | Jaroslav Zdrůbecký | Set Decoration |
Art | František Braun | Set Decoration |
Art | František Horník | Set Decoration |
Art | V. Braun | Set Decoration |
Art | Karel Sobotka | Set Decoration |
Editing | Jiří Trnka | Editor |
Editing | Helena Lebdušková | Editor |
Sound | Josef Zavadil | Sound |
Visual Effects | Bohuslav Šrámek | Animation |
Visual Effects | Břetislav Pojar | Animation |
Visual Effects | Jan Karpaš | Animation |
Visual Effects | Zdeněk Hrabě | Animation |
Visual Effects | Stanislav Látal | Animation |
Visual Effects | Arnošt Továrek | Animation |
Production | Jaroslav Jílovec | Production Manager |
Sound | Otakar Pařík | Conductor |
Sound | Jan Kühn | Conductor |
Production | Vladimír Janovský | Assistant Production Manager |
Sound | Václav Trojan | Original Music Composer |