Břetislav Pojar Movies

This adaptation of a book by Jiří Marek consists of four animated episodes that are interconnected by a live-action element.

An animated singing western short in which a cowboy takes on the villain to save his beloved.

An old woodblock train meets its shiny new electric replacement one Christmas Eve in this glowingly nostalgic stop-motion toy story, directed by...

The first full-length puppet film made by Jiri Trnka. Like the painter Ales who illustrated the national songs, Trnka depicts the traditional customs...

A scientist develops an unusual pair of eyeglasses which allows the wearer's mind to see things objectively rather than the usual subjective manner.

A collection of 7 animation short films inspired by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Each NFB award-winning film, in their...

A look at the series of sacrifices of a man who wants to save up for his object of desire: an automobile.

Short movie by Bretislav Pojar

This is one of three 15 minute cat films made by Bretislav Pojar in 1960-61. It features mime artist Ladislav Fialka as the painter Honza. He gets...

When a man becomes blind, his life is all turned around. He can only use his touch to get around in his house. The objects become enemies. But an...

The third episode of the series "Hey, Mister, let's play", in which the heroes are two bears, one foxy and the other naive. In this episode the big...

A young couple is taught the history of apartment furnishing (a lesson that starts with Adam and Eve) before getting their new apartment.

Using the comic device of trained laboratory mice, Bretislav Pojar examines the insidious nature of addiction to cigarette smoking, how it can begin...

Orphan Jirka lives alone with his grandfather by the river. He spends all his free time by the water and does not grow up with the other children....