The Lion and the Song

Lev a pisnicka

17 minutes, 35 mm, colour, 1959
Puppet animation
Audience: adults
Commentary: off screen

Producer: KF a.s. - Jiri Trnka Studio
Director: Bretislav Pojar
Designer: Zdenek Seydl

A famous film story about the indestructibility and everlastingness of art. It is not a mere coincidence that exactly this topic is repeated so many times in Czech animation. Pojar's story of a harlequin who is survived by his art is the first one to develop this motif. The film was very successful internationally and it is a masterpiece of both Czech and world animation.

Awards: Grand Prix - Annecy 1960, Second prize - Montevideo 1960

All films directed by Bretislav Pojar:
(About the) Thick Fog • (About) Mice In Tinfoil • And Don't Tell Me, Wendy • Animal Lover • The Apple Maiden • Billiards • The Butterflies Time • Cats' School • Elahw the Whale • The Ginger-bread House • Hello, Kohlrabi • Hold Your Hat • How the Bears Went Swimming • How They Ate The Soup Of Wit • How They Met At Kolin • How They Went to Bed • How to Catch a Tiger • If • The Lion and the Song • The Midnight Adventure • Misbehaving • On A Cat's Word • One Glass Too Many • The Opening Speech Will Be Delivered By • Painting Is For the Cats • The Panther Who Smelt Good • Princesses Are Not To Be Sniffed At • The Romance from the Darkness • Umbrella • What the Rain Worm Did Not Have Any Idea About • What Went Bang?

All films designed by Zdenek Seydl:
Billiards • The Lion and the Song • The Opening Speech Will Be Delivered By • Reason and Emotion