The Merry Circus
1951-01-01 · 12 min · ★ 5.1
Trnka brings to life a surrealist circus of tightrope-walking fish, musical monkeys, balancing bears, and high-flying acrobatics in this whimsical feat of cutout animation made in collaboration with leading Czech painters of the era.
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- Directors
- Jiří Trnka
- Production companies
- Loutkový film Praha
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Status
- Released
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