The Czech Year

The Czech Year
Directed by	Jiří Trnka
Written by	Jiří Trnka
Produced by	Krátký Film Praha Jiří Trnka Studio
Cinematography	Emanuel Franek Vladimír Novotný
Edited by	Helena Lebdusková
Music by	Václav Trojan Josef Zavadil (sound)
Distributed by	Krátký Film Praha
Release date	13 December 1947 (1947-12-13) (Czechoslovakia)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

The Czech Year (Czech title: Špalíček), also called A Treasury of Fairy-Tales, is a 1947 stop-motion-animated puppet feature film from Czechoslovakia.[1] 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

See also

• List of animated feature films
• List of package films
• List of stop-motion films
• Špalíček (ballet), a ballet by Bohuslav Martinů

References

1. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 82. ISBN 9781476672939.

External links

• Spalicek at IMDb
• Kratky animated film database
  • A Treasury of Fairy-tales at the Kratky animated film database
• Spalicek at the Big Cartoon Database