Jan Dudešek Movies

Puppet adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.

A romantic story between two wool skeins.

As unbelievable as it sounds, a stint in prison can really fix things. The old seasoned pickpocket will serve many years before he is released, but he comes out a changed man. He even dares to refuse the lures and threats of an all-powerful criminal gang to cooperate with him.

Jakubisko’s graduation work which examines the lives of young people on the eve of their joining the army for national service.

A classical ballad motif about an aging father and his three daughters is quite unusually here set against the backdrop of Czechoslovakia of the 1950s. After having been expropriated, the former landowner Majda seeks refuge with his three daughters whom he had sent to a convent a long time ago. But...

A lovely fairytale for all tells the story of a doll that is lost, and with the help of other toys is looking for a way to her friend

An adventurous letter that wandered around the world instead of rushing to a summer camp to see its little recipient.

Different animals play with a marble in this whimsical story from Hermína Týrlová, ‘the mother of Czech animation’

A tragic story of an uneasy marriage between a young girl and an elderly, crotchety man who cannot understand or approach her.

Puppet animated movie about an evil king, a golden-haired princess and living and dead water based on the fairy tale by Josef Kaynar.

The boys find a Turkish chess machine in the museum's storerooms and win a magic crystal with which they can subdue objects to their will. A doll, a puck at a match of their favorite hockey team.... And even a teacher.