Writing
Jiří Brdečka
CS, DE cinema · 83 credits
Born
24 December 1917
Died
2 June 1982 (aged 64)
Also known as Jiří Josef František Brdečka · Jiří Tulešický · Jiří Brnečka
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
Filmography
Universum Brdečka
as Himself (archive footage)
Zbojníkova žena
1981
The Outlaw's Wife
Director, Writer
Nešťastná svatba
1981
An Unhappy Marriage
Director, Writer
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Story, Screenplay, Lyricist
Třináctá komnata prince Měděnce
1980
Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber
Director, Writer
Nepoznaný
1980
Unrecognized
Director, Writer
Prince and the Evening Star
Story, Screenplay
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Actor, Screenplay, Story, Graphic Designer
Láááska!
1978
Love
Director, Writer
What I Haven't Told the Prince
Director, Writer
Pro nemoc zavřeno
1975
Closed Due to Illness
Director, Writer, Art Designer
Horníkova růže
1974
The Miner's Rose
Director, Screenplay
Píseň o harmonice
1974
Accordion Song
Director, Writer
Tvář
1973
The Face
Director, Screenplay
Smolíček
1973
The Unlucky One
Director, Writer
Straw Hat
Dramaturgy
The Stolen Battle
Dramaturgy
There Was a Miller on a River
Director, Writer
How Wise Aristotle Became Even Wiser
Director, Writer
Prague Nights
Story, Director, Screenplay
Metamorpheus
Director, Writer
Revenge
Director, Screenplay
The Power of Destiny
Director, Writer
Joy of Love
Screenplay, Story, Director
Forester’s Song
Director, Writer
Dezertér
1965
The Deserter
Director, Writer
Lemonade Joe
Screenplay, Novel, Costume Design, Theatre Play, Lyricist
Minstrel's Song
Director, Writer
When the Cat Comes
Screenplay
The King of Kings
Dramaturgy
Incorrectly Drawn Hen
Director, Screenplay
Tak na to?
1963
How to Keep Slim
Director, Writer
Ceiling
Actor
Zrmzlý dřevař
1962
The Frozen Logger
Director, Writer
Rozum a cit
1962
Reason and Emotion
Director, Writer
Our Little Red Riding Hood
Director, Writer
Man Under Water
Director, Writer
Závada není na vašem přijímači
1961
The Television Fan
Director, Writer
My Darling Clementine
Director, Writer
Warning!
Director, Writer
Why UNESCO?
Screenplay
That Kind of Love
Screenplay
Bombomanie
1959
Bomb Mania
Screenplay
Wolf Trap
Screenplay
Jak se člověk naučil létat
1958
How Man Learned to Fly
Director, Writer
Lost Children
Story, Screenplay
An Easy Life
Screenplay
Baton Out of the Bag
Screenplay
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
Story, Dialogue, Screenplay
Kavárna na hlavní třídě
1954
Kavárna na hlavní třídě
Lyricist, Screenplay
A Drop Too Much
Lyricist, Screenplay
Severní přístav
Screenplay
O světle
1953
O světle
Story, Screenplay
Old Czech Legends
Story, Screenplay
Velké dobrodružství
Screenplay
Mouchy
1951
Mouchy
Screenplay
The Emperor and the Golem
Story, Screenplay
Pekařův císař
Screenplay
Císařův pekař
Screenplay
The Emperor's Nightingale
Screenplay
Vzducholoď a láska
1948
Love and the Zeppelin
Screenplay, Director
Šváb
1948
Šváb
Screenplay
The Mischievous Bunny
Screenplay
Dárek
1947
The Gift
Story, Screenplay
Parohy
1947
Parohy
Costume Design
Springman and the SS
Screenplay, Director