Břetislav Pojar Movies

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....

Two mischievous frost spirits make things chilly for a pair of travelers in this wintry comic folktale.

When a man becomes blind, his life is all turned around. He can only use his touch to get around in his house. The objects become enemies. But an...

Pilot of the series "Hey, Mister, Let's Play". The story of two bears, the older one is experienced and sly, the younger is naive and gullible. This...

This is one of three 15 minute cat films made by Bretislav Pojar in 1960-61. It features mime artist Ladislav Fialka as the painter Honza. He gets...

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 giant statue of the letter "E" arrives in the park. One man sees it as "B"; they are preparing to cart him off to the looney bin when a doctor...

This adaptation of a book by Jiří Marek consists of four animated episodes that are interconnected by a live-action element.

A cartoon in the form of a comic describes the process of development of human thought.

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

Short film made by Bretislav Pojar

The second part of the six-part series “Hey, Mister, Let’s Play”. The bears try go to the water, and the big bear is good and makes...

Four children see images of other youngsters around the world who dream of doing great things when they grow up but whose dreams are dashed by the...

On summer vacation a young teenager finds himself hanging out alone on the streets of his neighbourhood, all his friends having gone to the country...

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