Animation ·Family · Czechoslovakia · 1954 · 9m

How the Old Man Traded It All Away

Jak stařeček měnil, až vyměnil

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Director

Jiří Trnka

Cast

Růžena Nasková as Narrator (voice)

Crew

Helena Lebdušková — Editor Václav Trojan — Original Music Composer Jiří Trnka — Screenplay

Synopsis

Folk art–like hand-drawn stills illustrate this sweetly simple pastoral fable, in which a peasant comes into possession of a small fortune—but realizes there are treasures greater than gold.

Mood & Themes

based on short story

Key Collaborators

Jiří Trnka Director Helena Lebdušková Editor Václav Trojan Original Music Composer Jiří Trnka Screenplay

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