Fantastic Planet

Fantastic Planet 1973

7.60

On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignorant animals. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain Draag children; those who live hidden in the hostile wilderness of the planet are periodically hunted and ruthlessly slaughtered as if they were vermin.

1973

Darkness, Light, Darkness

Darkness, Light, Darkness 1989

7.60

A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.

1989

The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper 1988

7.40

A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.

1988

Dimensions of Dialogue

Dimensions of Dialogue 1983

7.64

Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.

1983

The Flying Sneaker

The Flying Sneaker 1991

6.20

Little Rehor isn't allowed to play with the other boys. His only friend is the girl next door, Luci. Rehor's father is doctor on a boat and he has sent Rehor a package with butterfly larvae. When they hatch he discover a fairy who can do magic tricks.

1991

The King and the Elf

The King and the Elf 1980

6.50

Wealthy but alone, a king spends his days obsessively polishing shiny objects throughout his opulent castle. After a visit from a puckish forest wizard, the king earns a blessing – or curse – that turns anything he touches to gold.

1980

Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty

Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty 1990

6.20

On her fifteenth birthday the princess finds a diary written by her mother when she was young. The diary tells of the Queen's secret, early love. The Princess goes into the forest to meet her mother's former lover. When she looks into his eyes, she realizes why her mother had fallen in love...

1990

Faust's House

Faust's House 1977

1

A film story based on the old Prague legends. It tells about a poor student lured by wealth, which he prefers to knowledge. In the end, he sells his soul to the evil powers. The Devil takes him to hell and since then there is a blackened hole on the ceiling of a Prague house.

1977

Virile Games

Virile Games 1988

6.80

A man sits down to watch a football match, which seems to consist of the players being violently mutilated in various inventive ways. The players then leave the football pitch and invade the spectator's flat.

1988

Master Hanus

Master Hanus 1977

1

One of the film stories based on the old Prague legends. This one is about the old master clock maker Hanus who construed the Prague Old Town astronomical clock. Master Hanus' clock started working for the first time in 1490 but did not tell the time for too long. Soon the master, blinded by the perfidious town councilors, stopped it for more than 200 years.

1977

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York 1982

7.00

The picture, unlike the other film adaptations of the story, focuses much more on Crusoe’s life before and after his stay on the island. Following the principle of setting the novel right, it describes Crusoe’s experiences with delicate irony and understanding.

1982

The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope

The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope 1983

6.80

Animated short film based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's "A Torture by Hope".

1983

Leonardo's Diary

Leonardo's Diary 1972

6.50

Animated drawings inspired by Leonardo da Vinci are intercut with seemingly unrelated (but in fact strangely similar) live-action scenes.

1972

Maryshka and the Wolf's Castle

Maryshka and the Wolf's Castle 1979

1

A fairy-tale about a brave, self-sacrificial and faithful girl named Maryska who sets free an enchanted princess and her twelve maids from a mysterious castle.

1979

Rübezahl und der Schuster

Rübezahl und der Schuster 1976

1

Animated fairy tale about the mountain ghost Rübezahl and his dealing with a thieving shoemaker.

1976