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''Old Czech Legends'' () is a 1953 Czechoslovak
stop motion Stop-motion (also known as stop frame animation) is an animated filmmaking and special effects technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exh ...
puppet animation film directed by Jiří Trnka. It is based on the 1894 book '' Ancient Bohemian Legends'' by
Alois Jirásek Alois Jirásek () (23 August 1851 – 12 March 1930) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a high school history teacher in Litomyšl and later in Prague until his retirement in 1909. He wrote a series of histor ...
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Production

After the completion of '' Prince Bayaya'' in 1950, Trnka was praised by the communist regime of Czechoslovakia, and asked to make more films. He planned to make an adaptation of ''
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'', but was rejected for the theme being too cosmopolitan. He was pressed to make an adaptation of Jirásek's ''Ancient Bohemian Legends''. Trnka initially didn't want to work on the project. The film has a complex story with many characters and features complicated scenes both to stage and animate. Trnka's use of camera movements, lighting, set design, character design and animation and general storytelling made this an influential film in the history of animation.


Voice cast

* Růžena Nasková *
Zdeněk Štěpánek Zdeněk Štěpánek (22 September 1896 – 20 June 1968) was a Czech actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1922 and 1968. Life In 1915 Zdeněk Štěpánek joined Austro-Hungarian Army and fought at the Eastern Front. He later switched sides a ...
* Eduard Kohout * Václav Vydra * Karel Höger


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Jiří Trnka: an artist who turned puppets into film stars
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