Karel Zeman Movies

Shortfilm from the Mr. Prokouk series. Mr. Prokouk wants to be a filmmaker, but the making of a film has more complications than he expected.

The story of the piper Švanda, who went abroad for money and fame, but whose love for his homeland ultimately wins.

A glass blower imagines that his creations come to life. A story of love contained within a single drop of rain. A voyage into ethereal beauty.

A king hides an embarrassing secret - and it causes him to execute every barber who cuts his hair.

A film of the Czech multimedia theatre production, Magician's Lantern. Eight Czechoslovak directors filmed a choreographic performance conceived and...

Seventy-year-old filmmaker Karel Zeman recapitulated his thirty years of work in the field of animated and trick films. The film Karel Zeman for...

Mr. Prokouk finds a horseshoe and thinks it's a good luck charm. So, he decides to take it with him home and find a suitable place for it. He soon...

Inspired by a Persian fairytale, and told in the ornate style of illustrated Persian manuscripts; set on a remote island, its inhabitants discover a...

Animals try to escape from a flood.

Mr. Prokouk postpones the filming and decides to leave for the agricultural brigade.