The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen 1962

7.49

The 20th century's first man lands on the moon and discovers - that Baron Munchausen has already beaten him to it, along with Cyrano and characters from Jules Verne's lunar-landing novel. The Baron spirits the young cosmonaut by horse-drawn ship back to an ancient "Earth", where they insult a sultan, rescue a princess, fall in love with the princess, and then as a trio have further experiences in a world of pastel colors, ornate dreamlike settings, and the inevitable angry disrupters of peacefulness and love.

1962

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

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

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

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

The Choo-Choo Train

The Choo-Choo Train 1959

1

A puppet fairy tale about a disobedient train that did not just want to carry coal and drove to return to his work after a sad experience.

1959

Captain Korda

Captain Korda 1970

1

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

1970