Staré pověsti české (film)

Old Czech Legends
Old Czech Legends
Directed by	Jiří Trnka
Screenplay by	Jiří Brdečka; Jiří Trnka
Based on	Staré pověsti české; by Alois Jirásek
Cinematography	Emanuel Franek; Ludvík Hájek
Edited by	Helena Lebdušková
Music by	Václav Trojan
Production; companies	Československý státní film Praha; Loutkový film Praha
Distributed by	Rozdělovna filmů Československého státního filmu
Release date	8 April 1953;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Old Czech Legends (Czech: Staré pověsti české) is a 1953 Czechoslovak stop motion puppet animation film directed by Jiří Trnka. It is based on the 1894 book Ancient Bohemian Legends by Alois Jirásek.

Production

After the completion of Prince Bayaya in 1950, Trnka was praised by the communist regime of Czechoslovakia, and asked to make more films. He planned to make an adaptation of Don Quixote, but was rejected for the theme being too cosmopolitan.^[1] He was pressed to make an adaptation of Jirásek's Ancient Bohemian Legends. Trnka initially didn't want to work on the project.^[2]

The film has a complex story with many characters and features complicated scenes both to stage and animate. Trnka's use of camera movements, lighting, set design, character design and animation and general storytelling made this an influential film in the history of animation.^[3]

Voice cast

References

^ "Jiří Trnka, Walt Disney of the East". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
^ "Staré pověsti české - Revue". Filmový přehled (in Czech). NFA. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
^ Jana Rogoff. "Lucie Česálková (ed.): Staré pověsti české". Apparatus. Retrieved 2020-02-29.

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[awn-1] "Jiří Trnka, Walt Disney of the East". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2020-02-29.

[filmovyprehled-2] "Staré pověsti české - Revue". Filmový přehled (in Czech). NFA. Retrieved 2020-02-29.

[3] Jana Rogoff. "Lucie Česálková (ed.): Staré pověsti české". Apparatus. Retrieved 2020-02-29.

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