Adapting Jaroslav Hasek's raucous satirical novel, and also bringing Josef Lada's equally famous illustrations to garrulous puppet life, posed Trnka one of his biggest creative challenges. Trnka himself felt that the final episode...
Directed byJirí Trnka
Written byJaroslav Hasek, Jirí Trnka, Jan Werich
CountryCzechoslovakia
Runtime76 min
On screen
Jan Werich