Jiří Brdečka
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- December 24, 1917
- Died
- June 2, 1982 (aged 64)
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.
Known For
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
When the Cat Comes
Lemonade Joe
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
The Emperor and the Golem
The Three Veterans
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
Springman and the SS
Prince and the Evening Star
Song of the Prairie
Filmography
The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun
Movie · Book
The Three Veterans
Movie · Story
Das Feuer des Faust
Movie · Writer
An Unhappy Marriage
Movie · Writer
The Outlaw's Wife
Movie · Writer
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Movie · Story, Screenplay, Lyricist
Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber
Movie · Writer
Unrecognized
Movie · Writer
Prince and the Evening Star
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Love
Movie · Writer
The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze
Movie · Writer
Closed Due to Illness
Movie · Writer
What I Haven't Told the Prince
Movie · Writer
The Miner's Rose
Movie · Screenplay
Accordion Song
Movie · Writer
The Face
Movie · Screenplay
The Unlucky One
Movie · Writer
There Was a Miller on a River
Movie · Writer
How Wise Aristotle Became Even Wiser
Movie · Writer
Prague Nights
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Metamorpheus
Movie · Writer
Historie blechatého psa
Movie · Short Story
Revenge
Movie · Screenplay
The Power of Destiny
Movie · Writer
Joy of Love
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Forester’s Song
Movie · Writer
Why Do You Smile, Mona Lisa?
Movie · Writer
The Deserter
Movie · Writer
Lemonade Joe
Movie · Screenplay, Novel, Lyricist, Theatre Play
Minstrel's Song
Movie · Writer
When the Cat Comes
Movie · Screenplay
How to Keep Slim
Movie · Writer
Incorrectly Drawn Hen
Movie · Screenplay
The Frozen Logger
Movie · Writer
Reason and Emotion
Movie · Writer
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Movie · Screenplay
Our Little Red Riding Hood
Movie · Writer
The Television Fan
Movie · Writer
Man Under Water
Movie · Writer
My Darling Clementine
Movie · Writer
Warning!
Movie · Writer
Why UNESCO?
Movie · Screenplay
That Kind of Love
Movie · Screenplay
Bomb Mania
Movie · Screenplay
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
Movie · Screenplay
Wolf Trap
Movie · Screenplay
How Man Learned to Fly
Movie · Writer
Roztržka
Movie · Lyricist
Lost Children
Movie · Story, Screenplay
An Easy Life
Movie · Screenplay
Baton Out of the Bag
Movie · Screenplay
The Lost Sentry
Movie · Writer
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
Movie · Dialogue, Story, Screenplay
Kavárna na hlavní třídě
Movie · Lyricist, Screenplay
A Drop Too Much
Movie · Lyricist, Screenplay
Severní přístav
Movie · Screenplay
O světle
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Old Czech Legends
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Velké dobrodružství
Movie · Screenplay
Neviditelní nepřátelé
Movie · Screenplay
Mouchy
Movie · Screenplay
Kašlání a kýchání
Movie · Screenplay
The Emperor and the Golem
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Pekařův císař
Movie · Screenplay
Císařův pekař
Movie · Screenplay
Začalo to v době kamenné
Movie · Story
Papírové nocturno
Movie · Screenplay
Song of the Prairie
Movie · Story
The Emperor's Nightingale
Movie · Screenplay
Love and the Zeppelin
Movie · Screenplay
Andělský kabát
Movie · Screenplay
Šváb
Movie · Screenplay
The Mischievous Bunny
Movie · Screenplay
The Gift
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Springman and the SS
Movie · Screenplay