Old Czech Legends

Old Czech Legends 1953 Directed by Jiří Trnka Staré pověsti české

A monumental piece of art bringing the heroes of the ancient Czech myths back to life. The picture consists of seven parts: Cech the Forefather, Bivoj, Libuse, Premysl, Girls War, Horymir, Lucka War.

Country Czechoslovakia

Production Country Czechoslovakia

Language Czech

Spoken Language Czech

Gneres Animation , History

Production Company Loutkový film Praha

Release Date 11 September 1953

91 mins

Cast

Zdeněk Štěpánek Narrator (voice)

Karel Höger Narrator (voice)

Václav Vydra Narrator (voice)

Eduard Kohout Narrator (voice)

Růžena Nasková Narrator (voice)

Otomar Krejča Narrator (voice)

Crew

Director

Jiří Trnka

Writers

Jiří Trnka

Jiří Brdečka

Cinematography

Emanuel Franek

Ludvík Hájek

Composer

Václav Trojan

Editor

Helena Lebdušková

Animation

Stanislav Látal

Josef Kluge

František Braun

Bohuslav Šrámek

Jan Karpaš

Břetislav Pojar

Zdeněk Hrabě

Sound

Emil Poledník

Emanuel Formánek

Josef Zavadil

Karel Mann

Antonín Jedlička

Original Writer

Alois Jirásek

Story

Miloš Václav Kratochvíl

Jiří Trnka

Jiří Brdečka

Music

Jan Kühn

Otakar Pařík