Old Czech Legends (1953)
Note: this print runs 84 minutes against a recorded 91 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
Directed by Jiří Trnka
Old Czech Legends (Czech: Staré pověsti české) is a 1953 Czechoslovak stop motion puppet animation film directed by Jiří Trnka. It is based on the 1894 book Ancient Bohemian Legends by Alois Jirásek.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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