Břetislav Pojar Movies

A barrel organ grinder meets the devil on a mysterious moonlit night in this haunted-house fable, which showcases Trnka’s atmospheric use of...

A view of man's perpetual struggle for self-destruction, in which we glimpse a world where rockets are part of everyone's lives.

A picture based on the story written by Karel Jaromír Erben. It is about an enchanted apple maiden who is set free from the spell of a bad...

In a city destroyed by war, a boy collects broken toys to replace his friends and family. One day he finds a Christmas gift and runs away. Based on...

Using the comic device of trained laboratory mice, Bretislav Pojar examines the insidious nature of addiction to cigarette smoking, how it can begin...

An old woodblock train meets its shiny new electric replacement one Christmas Eve in this glowingly nostalgic stop-motion toy story, directed by...

Bad moods, denial and constant resentment are spreading like an epidemic, gradually transferring from the individual to the entire society.

Orphan Jirka lives alone with his grandfather by the river. He spends all his free time by the water and does not grow up with the other children....

A collection of 7 animation short films inspired by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Each NFB award-winning film, in their...

A look at the series of sacrifices of a man who wants to save up for his object of desire: an automobile.

A short animated film by the award-winning artist Bretislav Pojar on the question of the economic consequences of the arms race. The film poses the...