The Czech Year (1947)

Original title

Špalíček

Directed by

Jiří Trnka

Genre

animated film, talk show, musical film, puppet film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

1h 18m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Puppets act out traditional Czech folk tales and seasonal customs. The film follows the rhythms of village life through the changing year. It has a musical and storyteller feel.

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What happens

The Czech Year (Czech title: Špalíček), also called A Treasury of Fairy-Tales, is a 1947 stop-motion-animated puppet 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.