This is a list of Czech animated films made in the Czech lands from 1927 to the present. After 1930, many Czech animated films were produced with sound, and after 1947 most were produced in color. The list is ordered by year of release.
| Title | Director | Genre | Running time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | ||||||
| Nové dobrodružství Kocoura Felixe | Karel Dodal | Advertising film | 2 Minutes | |||
| Poučení kocoura Felixe | Karel Dodal | Advertising film | 1 Minute | |||
| 1928 | ||||||
| Zamilovaný vodník | Hermína Týrlová | Grotesque | 11 Minutes | |||
| 1929 | ||||||
| Plavčíkem na slané vodě | Karel Dodal | Advertising film | 9 Minutes | |||
| 1930 | ||||||
| Bimbovo smutné dobrodružství | Karel Dodal | Family film | 10 Minutes | |||
| 1934 | ||||||
| Záhada mezníku MK 204 | Karel Dodal | Advertising film | 4 Minutes | |||
| 1944 | ||||||
| Wedding in the Coral Sea | Horst von Möllendorff, Jiří Brdečka, Jaroslav Kándl, Eduard Hofman, Břetislav Pojar, Václav Bedřich, Stanislav Látal, Jaroslav Doubrava, Josef Kluge | Family Film | 11 Minutes | The first Czech Cartoon film.[1] | ||
| 1945 | ||||||
| A Christmas Dream | Karel Zeman | Family Film | 11 Minutes | |||
| My grandfather planted a beet | Jiří Trnka | Fairy Tale | 10 Minutes | |||
| 1946 | ||||||
| Animals and bandits | Jiří Trnka | Fairy Tale | 8 Minutes | Based on Grimms' Fairy Tales | ||
| The Gift | Jiří Trnka | Comedy | 15 Minutes | |||
| The Hamster | Karel Zeman | Family Film | 8 Minutes | |||
| Springman and the SS | Jiří Trnka | War Comedy | 14 Minutes | |||
| 1947 | ||||||
| Betlém | Jiří Trnka | Family Film | 10 Minutes | |||
| The Czech Year | Jiří Trnka | Family Film | 75 Minutes | The first full-length film by Trnka | ||
| Legenda o sv. Prokopu | Jiří Trnka | Fantasy | 10 Minutes | |||
| 1948 | ||||||
| 1949 | ||||||
| The Devil's Mill | Jiří Trnka | Fairy Tale | 21 Minutes | |||
| The Emperor's Nightingale | Jiří Trnka | Fairy Tale | 72 Minutes | |||
| Story of the Bass Cello | Jiří Trnka | Romantic | 13 Minutes | Based on a story by Andrey Chokhov | ||
| Song of the Prairie | Jiří Trnka | Western | 23 Minutes | |||
| 1950 | ||||||
| Prince Bayaya | Jiří Trnka | Fairy Tale | 72 Minutes | Won Golden Leopard in 1954. | ||
| 1951 | ||||||
| The Golden Fish | Jiří Trnka | Fairy Tale | 16 Minutes | |||
| The Merry Circus | Jiří Trnka | Family Film | 12 Minutes | |||
| Perníková chaloupka | Břetislav Pojar | Fairy Tale | 17 Minutes | |||
| 1952 | ||||||
| 1953 | ||||||
| Jak stařeček měnil, až vyměnil | Jiří Trnka | Fairy Tale | 9 Minutes | |||
| Old Czech Legends | Jiří Trnka | Fantasy film | 91 Minutes | |||
| Veselý kolotoc | Břetislav Pojar | Family film | ||||
| 1954 | ||||||
| Dva Mrazíci | Jiří Trnka | Fairy Tale | 12 Minutes | |||
| The Good Soldier Schweik | Jiří Trnka | Comedy | 76 Minutes | Based on a book by Jaroslav Hašek | ||
| Kuťásek a Kutilka | Jiří Trnka | Fairy Tale | 18 Minutes | |||
| O sklenicku víc | Břetislav Pojar | Drama | 20 Minutes | |||
| 1955 | ||||||
| Cirkus Hurvínek | Jiří Trnka | Family Film | 24 Minutes | |||
| 1956 | ||||||
| Spejbl on the Track | Břetislav Pojar | Family film | 21 Minutes | |||
| 1957 | ||||||
| The Little Umbrella | Břetislav Pojar | Family film | 15 Minutes | |||
| 1958 | ||||||
| Why is the UNESCO | Jiří Trnka | Comedy | 108 Minutes | |||
| 1959 | ||||||
| Bomb-Manie | Břetislav Pojar | Grotesque | 11 Minutes | |||
| Glory | Břetislav Pojar | Comedy | 13 Minutes | |||
| How to Furnish an Apartment | Břetislav Pojar | |||||
| The Lion and the Song | Břetislav Pojar | Drama | 14 Minutes | |||
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Jiří Trnka | Romantic Comedy | 76 Minutes | Based on the Shakespeare play of the same name. | ||
| 1960 | ||||||
| The Midnight Adventure | Jiří Trnka, Břetislav Pojar | Family film | 13 Minutes | |||
| On a Cat's Word | Břetislav Pojar | Family film | 16 Minutes | |||
| Painting Is for the Cats | Břetislav Pojar | Family film | 14 Minutes | |||
| 1961 | ||||||
| School for Cats | Břetislav Pojar | Family film | 15 Minutes | |||
| 1962 | ||||||
| The Cybernetic Grandma | Jiří Trnka | Science Fiction, Horror | 29 Minutes | |||
| Jaro | Jiří Trnka | Poetic | 11 Minutes | |||
| Passion | Jiří Trnka | Drama | 8 Minutes | |||
| 1963 | ||||||
| 1964 | ||||||
| The Archangel Gabriel and Ms Goose | Jiří Trnka | Comedy | 29 Minutes | |||
| The Last Trick | Jan Švankmajer | Fantasy Film | 12 Minutes | |||
| Proměny | Václav Mergl | Drama | 4 Minutes | The first Czech film that uses Clay Animation.[2] | ||
| 1965 | ||||||
| A Game with Stones | Jan Švankmajer | 9 Minutes | ||||
| The Hand | Jiří Trnka | Drama | 18 Minutes | Declared by American Film Academy the 5th best animated picture in history | ||
| Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy in G minor | Jan Švankmajer | Music film | 9 Minutes | |||
| 1966 | ||||||
| Et Cetera | Jan Švankmajer | Drama | 8 Minutes | |||
| Punch and Judy | Jan Švankmajer | Drama | 10 Minutes | |||
| Studie doteku | Václav Mergl | 1 Minute | ||||
| 1967 | ||||||
| Historia Naturae (Suita) | Jan Švankmajer | Historical | 9 Minutes | |||
| 1968 | ||||||
| The Flat | Jan Švankmajer | Fantasy | 13 Minutes | |||
| The Garden | Jan Švankmajer | Mysterious Comedy | 17 Minutes | |||
| Picknick with Weismann | Jan Švankmajer | Drama | 11 Minutes | |||
| 1969 | ||||||
| A Quiet Week in the House | Jan Švankmajer | Drama | 20 Minutes | |||
| 1970 | ||||||
| Don Juan | Jan Švankmajer | Drama | 30 Minutes | |||
| Laokoon | Václav Mergl | Science Fiction, Horror | 11 Minutes | |||
| 1971 | ||||||
| Jabberwocky | Jan Švankmajer | Fantasy | 14 Minutes | |||
| 1972 | ||||||
| Leonardo's Diary | Jan Švankmajer | Drama | 12 Minutes | |||
| 1973 | ||||||
| Fantastic Planet | René Laloux | Science fiction | 72 Minutes | International production with France | ||
| 1974 | ||||||
| 1975 | ||||||
| 1976 | ||||||
| Krabi | Václav Mergl | Science Fiction, Horror | 11 Minutes | Based on a story by Anatoly Dneprov | ||
| 1977 | ||||||
| Castle of Otranto | Jan Švankmajer | Fantasy | 15 Minutes | |||
| 1978 | ||||||
| Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Karel Zeman | Dark Fantasy | 73 Minutes | |||
| 1979 | ||||||
| 1980 | ||||||
| The Fall of the House of Usher | Jan Švankmajer | Horror | 15 Minutes | |||
| The Tale of John and Mary | Karel Zeman | Fantasy | 64 Minutes | Zeman's last film | ||
| 1981 | ||||||
| 1982 | ||||||
| Dimensions of Dialogue | Jan Švankmajer | Drama | 14 Minutes | |||
| The Vanished World of Gloves | Jiří Barta | Multi Genre | 17 Minutes | |||
| 1983 | ||||||
| The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope | Jan Švankmajer | Horror | 15 Minutes | |||
| 1984 | ||||||
| Homunkulus | Václav Mergl | Drama | 11 Minutes | |||
| 1985 | ||||||
| 1986 | ||||||
| Mikrob | Václav Mergl | War film | 16 Minutes | |||
| The Pied Piper | Jiří Barta | Horror | 53 Minutes | An adaptation of the Pied Piper of Hamelin | ||
| 1987 | ||||||
| 1988 | ||||||
| Alice | Jan Švankmajer | Fantasy film | 84 Minutes | Adaptation of Alice In Wonderland | ||
| Cousins | Václav Mergl | Horror | 7 Minutes | |||
| Virile Games | Jan Švankmajer | Sport comedy | 14 Minutes | |||
| 1989 | ||||||
| The Club of the Laid Off | Jiří Barta | Drama | 24 Minutes | |||
| Darkness/Light/Darkness | Jan Švankmajer | Drama | 6 Minutes | |||
| Flora | Jan Švankmajer | Drama | 30 seconds | |||
| 1990 | ||||||
| Haló, Alberte | Václav Mergl | Science Fiction | 8 Minutes | |||
| 1991 | ||||||
| 1992 | ||||||
| Food | Jan Švankmajer | Drama | 17 Minutes | |||
| 1993 | ||||||
| 1994 | ||||||
| Faust | Jan Švankmajer | Horror | 97 Minutes | Inspired by Faustus Legend. | ||
| 1995 | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| Conspirators of Pleasure | Jan Švankmajer | Horror | 85 Minutes | |||
| 1997 | ||||||
| 1998 | ||||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| 2000 | ||||||
| Little Otik | Jan Švankmajer | Horror | 132 minutes | |||
| 2001 | ||||||
| 2002 | ||||||
| Báječná show | Vladimír Mráz | Musical | 72 minutes | |||
| 2003 | ||||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| Thaumaturgic Miniworld | Štěpán Batoušek | Fantasy | 4 Minutes | Based on a poem by T. R. Field | ||
| Ltd. | Aleš Pachner | Drama | 6 Minutes | |||
| 2005 | ||||||
| Lunacy | Jan Švankmajer | Horror | 118 minutes | |||
| The Torchbearer | Václav Švankmajer | Dark Fantasy | 25 minutes | |||
| 2006 | ||||||
| 2007 | ||||||
| Cook, Mug, Cook! | Jiří Barta | Drama | 7 Minutes | |||
| I Am Bigger and Better | Martin Duda | Sci-Fi | 17 Minutes | |||
| Mrs. G | Michal Žabka | Romance | 12 Minutes | |||
| One Night in One City | Jan Balej | Horror | 75 Minutes | |||
| 2008 | ||||||
| The Clod | Jaromír Plachý | Comedy | 2 Minutes | |||
| Goat Story | Jan Tománek | Comedy | 80 minutes | |||
| 2009 | ||||||
| Absurp | Matyáš Trnka | Drama | 6 Minutes | |||
| On the Branch | Jaromír Plachý | Comedy | 2 Minutes | |||
| Nokturno | Marek Berger | Action | 7 Minutes | |||
| Toys in the Attic | Jiří Barta | Family film | 75 minutes | |||
| 2010 | ||||||
| Deadline | Filip Javora | Drama | 1 Minute | |||
| Dedicated to Darkness | Soňa Jelínková | Drama | 7 Minutes | |||
| Feeders | Pavel Soukup | Comedy | 3 Minutes | |||
| Kooky | Jan Svěrák | Action Family Film | 96 Minutes | |||
| Starless | Marek Berger | Science Fiction | 4 Minutes | |||
| Stěna vzpomínek | Verica Kordič | Drama | 6 Minutes | |||
| Surviving Life | Jan Švankmajer | Comedy, Drama | 109 Minutes | |||
| Swimming Pool | Alexandra Hetmerová | Drama | 7 Minutes | |||
| 2011 | ||||||
| Alois Nebel | Tomáš Luňák | Drama | 84 Minutes | Won European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film | ||
| The Great Sneezer | Noro Držiak | Action Comedy | 11 Minutes | |||
| A King Had a Horse | Aleš Pachner | Grotesque Horror | 15 Minutes | |||
| Není hra jako hra | Matěj Mráz | Family Film | 7 Minutes | |||
| Nezaměstnaný | Viktor Zwiener | Drama | 15 Minutes | |||
| Romeo a Julie | Hana Kotlářová | Romantic | 7 Minutes | |||
| Tomorrow Never Knows (short film) | Pavel Soukup | Drama | 5 Minutes | |||
| Úlovek | Marek Berger | 3 Minutes | ||||
| Výhled | Milan Ondruch, Jaroslav Mrázek | Drama | 8 Minutes | |||
| 2012 | ||||||
| Another world | Matyáš Trnka | Drama | 2 Minutes | |||
| Brumlik a Animuk | Jan Bohuslav | Fairy Tale | 10 Minutes | |||
| Goat Story 2 | Jan Tománek | Comedy | 85 minutes | |||
| In Wine There is the Truth | Aneta Kýrová Žabková | Comedy | 10 Minutes | |||
| Nekudrň | Veronika Jelínková | 7 Minutes | ||||
| Sličná tvář | Soňa Jelínková | Drama | 10 Minutes | |||
| 2013 | ||||||
| An Alien | Martin Máj | Dark Comedy | 7 Minutes | |||
| Class of Death | Pavel Soukup | Horror, Thriller | 7 Minutes | |||
| Dinosaurs | Dao Thi Thuy Linh | Drama | 5 Minutes | |||
| Duchové lesa | Miroslav Bula | Horror | 43 Minutes | |||
| Kitchen Tales | Vojtěch Domlátil | Family Film | 8 Minutes | |||
| The Little Costeau | Jakub Kouřil | Adventure film | 8 Minutes | Czech Lion for best Student Film | ||
| Lovebook | Hana Kotlářová | Romantic | 9 Minutes | |||
| Mythopolis | Alexandra Hetmerová | Fantasy | 11 Minutes | Inspired by Ancient Greek Mythology | ||
| The New Species | Kateřina Karhánková | Family Film | 7 Minutes | |||
| You Are So Lucky! | Zuzana Brachaczková | Comedy | 6 Minutes | |||
| Yuki Onna – Snow woman | Jiří Barta | Fantasy | 14 Minutes | |||
| 2014 | ||||||
| Chrrrrrrrrrrrrr | Jaromír Plachý | Dark Comedy | 4 Minutes | |||
| Čertova díra | Miroslav Bula | Horror | 21 minutes | |||
| Entangled[3] | Stanislav Sekela | Horror | ||||
| The Gingerbread Case | Pavel Jindra | Comedy | 7 Minutes | Inspired by Hansel and Gretel | ||
| Gottland | Viera Čákanyová, Petr Hátle, Rozálie Kohoutová, Lukáš Kokeš, Klára Tasovská | Drama | 105 minutes | |||
| 2015 | ||||||
| Deep in Moss | Filip Pošivač, Barbora Valecká | Fantasy | 26 minutes | |||
| Little from the Fish Shop | Jan Balej | Romantic Drama | 71 Minutes | Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's story "The Little Mermaid" | ||
| The Little Man | Radek Beran | Fairy Tale | 83 Minutes | Based on a Book by Petra Uhlířová. | ||
| Metro | Michal Bahounek | Drama | 2 Minutes | |||
| Nezbeda[4] | Daniela Hýbnerová | 2 minutes. | ||||
| Wildlife Crossing! | Noro Držiak | Comedy | 6 Minutes | |||
| 2016 | ||||||
| Murderous Tales | Jan Bubeníček | Anthology | 80 Minutes | |||
| The Oddsockeaters | Galina Miklínová | Adventure | 83 Minutes | Adaptation of a novel of the same name. | ||
| Pat and Mat in a Movie | Marek Beneš | Comedy | 80 Minutes | |||
| The Shadow over Prague | Marek Berger | Action | 13 Minutes | Based on Superhero Pérák, the Spring Man of Prague | ||
| 2017 | ||||||
| Harvie and the Magic Museum | Martin Kotík, Inna Jevlannikova | Comedy | 85 Minutes | |||
| Lajka | Aurel Klimt | Science Fiction | 85 Minutes | Inspired by Soviet space dog Laika. | ||
| 2018 | ||||||
| Pat and Mat in Action Again | Marek Beneš | Comedy | 75 Minutes | |||
| 2019 | ||||||
| Daughter | Daria Kashcheeva | Drama | 15 Minutes | |||
| Great Adventure of the Lucky Four | Michal Žabka | Comedy | 72 Minutes | |||
| The Kite | Martin Smatana | 13 Minutes | Won Best animated film award at FamuFest. | |||
| 2020 | ||||||
| Carousel | Jasmine Elsen | 10 Minutes | ||||
| Crumbs | Robert Hloz | Drama | 12 Minutes | |||
| Fur Coats | Lucie Vostárková | 5 Minutes | ||||
| Hungry Bear Tales | Alexandra Májová, Kateřina Karhánková | Anthology | 45 Minutes | |||
| Leaf | Aliona Baranova | 6 Minutes | ||||
| S P A C E S | Nora Štrbová | Documentary | 8 Minutes | |||
| 2021 | ||||||
| Even Mice Belong in Heaven | Jan Bubeníček, Denisa Grimmová | Adventure, Comedy | 80 Minutes | |||
| 2022 | ||||||
| Journey to Yourland | Peter Budinský | Adventure, Fantasy | 86 minutes | |||
| 2023 | ||||||
| Electra | Daria Kashcheeva | 27 minutes | ||||
| 2024 | ||||||
| Big Man | Radek Beran | Comedy, Fantasy | 72 minutes | |||
| Living Large | Kristina Dufková | Comedy, Family | 80 minutes | |||
| The Proud Princess | Radek Beran | Family, Fantasy | 84 minutes | |||
References
edit- ^ "Svatba v korálovém moři". CSFD. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ "Proměny". CSFD. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ "Zápletka". Czech and Slovak Film Database. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "Nezbeda". Czech and Slovak Film Database. Retrieved 3 July 2015.