The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen 1962

7.40

A 20th century man lands on the Moon and discovers that Baron Munchausen has beaten him to it, accompanied by Cyrano de Bergerac and the characters from Jules Verne's novels about the conquest of the satellite.

1962

On the Comet

On the Comet 1970

5.90

When a comet passes the Earth very closely, it pulls a small part of North Africa, and a small swathe of humanity, along with it.

1970

A Thousand and One Nights

A Thousand and One Nights 1974

6.10

Five different exploits of Sinbad the sailor where he gets mixed up with the pretty daughters of exotic potentates, with powerful monsters that threaten his existence, and with all sorts of teeming jungle life.

1974

The Giraffe in the Window

The Giraffe in the Window 1968

1

Thieves Svarc and Cihák are interrupted in their robbery of a jeweler's store. In order to disappear as quickly as possible, they jump into the nearest car and leave, finding on the way that a little boy named Jirka, son of the car's owner, is with them. They take him to a cottage where Cihák's eighteen-year old daughter Milena attends to him. Jirka first treats Milena with hostility, but as days pass, the "prisoner" and the "guard" become close. Milena cooks for the boy and takes care of him, but nothing can intimidate the dauntless Jirka and he seeks for the first opportunity to escape.

1968

Lost in Pajamas

Lost in Pajamas 1967

1

Tanya, a 10-year-old Russian tourist traveling with her parents from Prague to Brno, is left behind in a foreign country. Tanya leaves her compartment when the train stops because of a cow. Disobeying her parent's instructions, she gets off the train to investigate, lingers too long, and is left behind. Cold, lonely, and clad only in her pajamas in the unfamiliar countryside, the girl is relieved to meet up with two rather nervous Czech boys camping out together for the first time. At first the would-be "cowboys" are frightened by her ghost-like appearance. After hearing her story, the boys find Tanya a dress to wear and accompany the girl on foot to her final destination, Brno.

1967

Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree 1968

8.00

Another of Hermína Týrlová's "wool fairy tales" tells about two children who decorated a Christmas tree.

1968

Just Because You're Grown-Up

Just Because You're Grown-Up 1970

1

Eleven-year old Mísa has the temperament of a proper boy and endless problems with the grown-ups. It is no wonder that he longs to become an adult without further delay. Mísa keeps house together with his father and has various duties. After a failed attempt at dish-washing he goes off to the research institute where his father is working on an important invention. He is trying to produce a substance that would make poultry and other animals bigger and thus help the struggle against famine in the world, but so far he has only managed to produce a shrinking substance. After his father leaves the laboratory, Mísa mixes up different ingredients and makes the growth substance. He drinks it and instantly becomes an adult. His father, conversely, turns into a toddler after drinking the shrinking substance with his beer by mistake.

1970

Coral Fairytale

Coral Fairytale 1968

1

A poetic and colorful tale at the bottom of the sea.

1968

Captain Korda

Captain Korda 1970

1

A story of Pepik, an orphaned boy recently adopted by foster family.

1970

The Glass Marble

The Glass Marble 1963

7.00

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

1963