Les Trocs malchanceux du grand-père (1953)

Directed by

Jiří Trnka

Genre

short film, animated film, cinematic fairy tale

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

9 min

How it feels

An old man sets out to trade one thing for another and keeps swapping items along the way. His series of exchanges plays out in a cheerful animated fable.

whimsicallightheartedrhythmicfolkloricplayfulnostalgicbrisk

What happens

Les Trocs malchanceux du grand-père (Jak stařeček měnil, az vyměnil) est un court métrage d'animation tchèque réalisé par Jiří Trnka, sorti en 1953. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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