Jiří Brdečka
Biography
Jiří Brdečka (24 December 1917 – 2 June 1982) was a Czech writer, artist, and film director. Brdečka was born in Hranice (then in Austria-Hungary) to a literary family, as his father, Otakar Brdečka (1881 – 1930), was a writer under the pseudonym Alfa. Brdečka studied philosophy and aesthetics at Charles University in Prague until the German occupation of Czechoslovakia forced the closing of the school in 1939. He then became an administrative clerk at the Prague Municipal Museum and found occasional work as a newspaper journalist and cartoonist. He worked as a press agent for the studio Lucernafilm from summer 1941 to the end of 1942. In 1943 Brdečka took a job as an animator, and by 1949 he was working as a film director and screenwriter at Barrandov Studios. He began directing animated films on his own in 1958. In addition to his film work he also worked as a journalist, a film critic and a novelist. Brdečka's work is marked by its droll intellectual humor, often featuring an extensive use of hyperbole, satire, and literary illusions.
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Movies (50)
Universum Brdečka
as Himself (archive footage)
2017
The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun
Book (Writing)
1984
The Three Veterans
Story (Writing)
1984
Das Feuer des Faust
Writer (Writing)
1982
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Story (Writing)
1981
An Unhappy Marriage
Director (Directing)
1981
The Outlaw's Wife
Director (Directing)
1981
Unrecognized
Director (Directing)
1980
Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber
Director (Directing)
1980
Prince and the Evening Star
Story (Writing)
1979
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
1978
Love
Director (Directing)
1978
The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze
Director (Directing)
1976
Closed Due to Illness
Director (Directing)
1975
What I Haven't Told the Prince
Director (Directing)
1975
Accordion Song
Director (Directing)
1974
The Miner's Rose
Director (Directing)
1974
The Unlucky One
Director (Directing)
1973
The Face
Director (Directing)
1973
The Stolen Battle
Dramaturgy (Crew)
1972
Straw Hat
Dramaturgy (Crew)
1972
There Was a Miller on a River
Director (Directing)
1971
How Wise Aristotle Became Even Wiser
Director (Directing)
1970
Prague Nights
Story (Writing)
1969
Metamorpheus
Director (Directing)
1969
Historie blechatého psa
Short Story (Writing)
1969
Revenge
Director (Directing)
1968
The Power of Destiny
Director (Directing)
1968
Why Do You Smile, Mona Lisa?
Director (Directing)
1966
Forester’s Song
Director (Directing)
1966
Joy of Love
Screenplay (Writing)
1966
The Deserter
Director (Directing)
1965
Lemonade Joe
Screenplay (Writing)
1964
Minstrel's Song
Director (Directing)
1964
How to Keep Slim
Director (Directing)
1963
When the Cat Comes
Screenplay (Writing)
1963
Spanilá jízda
1963
The King of Kings
Dramaturgy (Crew)
1963
Incorrectly Drawn Hen
Director (Directing)
1963
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Screenplay (Writing)
1962
Ceiling
1962
The Frozen Logger
Director (Directing)
1962
Reason and Emotion
Director (Directing)
1962
Our Little Red Riding Hood
Director (Directing)
1961
The Television Fan
Director (Directing)
1961
Man Under Water
Director (Directing)
1961
That Kind of Love
Screenplay (Writing)
1959
My Darling Clementine
Director (Directing)
1959
Warning!
Director (Directing)
1959
Why UNESCO?
Screenplay (Writing)
1959