The Czech Year

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The Czech Year
Directed by	Jirí Trnka
Produced by	Krátký Film Praha Jiri Trnka Studio
Written by	Jirí Trnka
Music by	Václav Trojan Josef Zavadil (sound)
Cinematography	Emanuel Franek Vladimír Novotný
Editing by	Helena Lebdusková
Distributed by	Krátký Film Praha
Release date(s)	1947 (Czechoslovakia)
Running time	75 min
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech
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The Czech Year (Czech title: Spalicek), also called A Treasury of Fairy-Tales, is a 1947 stop-motion-animated feature film from Czechoslovakia. 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.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Awards 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] 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".

[edit] Awards

• 1947—Venice (Italy): International Prize for Animated Picture
• 1948—Venice (Italy): Biennial Medal
• 1949—Paris (France): First Prize in Category

[edit] See also

• List of animated feature films
• List of stop-motion films
• List of package films

[edit] External links

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

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