The Czech Year

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name = The Czech Year


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director = Jiří Trnka
producer = Krátký Film Praha Jiří Trnka Studio
writer = Jiří Trnka
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music = Václav Trojan Josef Zavadil (sound)
cinematography = Emanuel Franek Vladimír Novotný
editing = Helena Lebdusková
distributor = Krátký Film Praha
released = 1947 (Czechoslovakia)
runtime = 75 min
country = Czechoslovakia
language = Czech
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imdb_id = 0227528

"The Czech Year" (Czech title: "Špalíček"), also called "A Treasury of Fairy-Tales", is a 1947 stop-motion-animated feature film from Czechoslovakia. It was the first feature film directed by Jiří Trnka, and it proceeded to win several international awards and make his name famous in the animation world.

Plot

The traditional customs and tales of a Czech village are depicted in six separate sequences: "Shrovetide", "Spring", "Legend About St. Prokop", "The Fair", "The Feast" and "Bethlehem".

Awards

*1947—Venice (Italy): International Prize for Animated Picture
*1948—Venice (Italy): Biennial Medal
*1949—Paris (France): First Prize in Category

ee also

*List of animated feature films
*List of stop-motion films
*List of package films

External links

*imdb title|id=0227528|title=Spalicek
* [http://www.kratkyfilm.com/catalogue/html/indexa.htm Kratky animated film database]
** [http://www.kratkyfilm.com/catalogue/html/272.htm "A Treasury of Fairy-tales" at the Kratky animated film database]
* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/65967-Spalicek.html "Spalicek" at the Big Cartoon Database]

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