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The Czech Year
The Czech Year

The Czech Year

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

75 mins

Rating

6.1/10

Release Date

13 December 1947

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

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