31 Aug 1951
The Gingerbread House
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The Animals and the Brigands
The second cartoon by Jiri Trnka that was a sensation at the festival in Cannes in 1946 when it defeated the world animation elite of the time. It is a musical fairy-tale based on a famous folk story about animals that deterred thieves.
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Jiřina Stránská Narrator (voice)
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