Jiří Trnka's masterpieces
This end-of-year cycle invites audiences to discover select 35mm prints from in our collection, creating dynamic contrasts in eras, styles, and cultures from one film to the next.
Adapted from Boccaccio's Decameron, the film follows a priest who falls in love with a young woman, disguising himself as the archangel Gabriel in order to seduce her.
A young chimney sweep, who has installed springs under his shoes, jumps from roof to roof and frightens the German SS.
A ceramist caring for his green plant is invaded by a huge hand insisting that the artist sculpts a statue in its image.
This paper-cut animation features a variety of circus acts as fanciful as they are spectacular.
Jiří Tomáš Trnka
Jiří Trnka was a Czech animator and film director. He was one of the founding figures of Czech animation. Renowned for his stop-motion films made with puppets, he was also a painter, illustrator, sculptor, and set and costume designer for both film and theatre.
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