Jiří Brdečka
Writing
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.
Known for
Writing74
movieThe Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
1981
Story, Screenplay, Lyricist
moviePrince and the Evening Star
1979
Story, Screenplay
movieAdela Has Not Had Supper Yet
1978
Screenplay, Story
Love
1978
Writer
The Face
1973
Screenplay
moviePrague Nights
1969
Story, Screenplay
movieMetamorpheus
1969
Writer
movieRevenge
1968
Screenplay
movieForester’s Song
1966
Writer
movieJoy of Love
1966
Screenplay, Story
movieLemonade Joe
1964
Screenplay, Novel, Theatre Play, Lyricist
movieMinstrel's Song
1964
Writer
movieWhen the Cat Comes
1963
Screenplay
movieIncorrectly Drawn Hen
1963
Screenplay
movieThe Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962
Screenplay
movieMan Under Water
1961
Writer
movieThat Kind of Love
1959
Screenplay
movieWarning!
1959
Writer
movieWhy UNESCO?
1959
Screenplay
Bomb Mania
1959
Screenplay
movieWolf Trap
1958
Screenplay
movieAn Easy Life
1957
Screenplay
movieLost Children
1957
Story, Screenplay
Roztržka
1957
Lyricist
movieBaton Out of the Bag
1956
Screenplay
movieOnce Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955
Story, Dialogue, Screenplay
movieSeverní přístav
1954
Screenplay
Kavárna na hlavní třídě
1954
Lyricist, Screenplay
movieA Drop Too Much
1954
Lyricist, Screenplay
movieOld Czech Legends
1953
Story, Screenplay
O světle
1953
Story, Screenplay
movieVelké dobrodružství
1952
Screenplay
movieThe Emperor and the Golem
1951
Story, Screenplay
Mouchy
1951
Screenplay
movieThe Emperor's Nightingale
1949
Screenplay
Andělský kabát
1948
Screenplay
Šváb
1948
Screenplay
The Gift
1947
Story, Screenplay
movieThe Mischievous Bunny
1947
Screenplay
movieSpringman and the SS
1946
Screenplay
Directing35
Love
1978
Director
The Face
1973
Director
moviePrague Nights
1969
Director
movieMetamorpheus
1969
Director
movieRevenge
1968
Director
movieThe Power of Destiny
1968
Director
movieForester’s Song
1966
Director
movieJoy of Love
1966
Director
movieMinstrel's Song
1964
Director
movieIncorrectly Drawn Hen
1963
Director
movieMan Under Water
1961
Director
movieMy Darling Clementine
1959
Director
movieWarning!
1959
Director
movieSpringman and the SS
1946
Director
Acting4
Crew3
movieThe Stolen Battle
1972
Dramaturgy
movieStraw Hat
1972
Dramaturgy
movieThe King of Kings
1963
Dramaturgy
Art2
movieAdela Has Not Had Supper Yet
1978
Graphic Designer
Costume & Make-Up2
movieLemonade Joe
1964
Costume Design
Parohy
1947
Costume Design