Jiří Trnka
Director
The Merry Circus (1951)
Trnka brings to life a surrealist circus of tightrope-walking fish, musical monkeys, balancing bears, and high-flying acrobatics in this whimsical feat of cutout animation made in collaboration with leading Czech painters of the era.
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Production Companies: Loutkový film Praha
Country: Czechoslovakia
Production Country:
Czechoslovakia
Languages:
No Language,
Czech
Recommendations
12 min
Jan. 1, 1951
Released
NR