Prince Bayaya
Appearance
Prince Bayaya | |
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Directed by | Jiří Trnka |
Written by | Bozena Nemcová |
Screenplay by | Jirí Trnka |
Produced by | Ceskoslovenský Státní Film |
Starring | Jana Kuhna |
Cinematography | Emanuel Franek Ludvík Hájek |
Music by | Václav Trojan |
Distributed by | Procinex Státní Pujcovna Filmu |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | Czechoslovakia |
Language | Czech |
Prince Bayaya (Czech: Bajaja) is a 1950 Czechoslovak animated film directed by Jiří Trnka.
Plot
[edit]Poor half-orphan Bayaya is attracted by a call one day. He is called by his deceased mother who is experiencing her purgatory transformed into a white horse. She convinces Baya to go on a journey with her. Next steps lead them to a kingdom where three princesses are waiting to be sacrificed to dragons. Bayaya defeats all three dragons and chooses his future wife among the princesses. But at his mother's request, he must not reveal that he is the hero who saved the princesses. However, after a series of further disappointments, he gets a well-deserved happy ending.
Animation
[edit]- Břetislav Pojar - Bayaya
- Jan Karpaš - Princesses
- Bohuslav Šrámek - Grooms and Knights
- Zdeněk Hrabě - King
- Stanislav Látal - Jester
- František Braun - Armorers
Awards
[edit]1954 Locarno International Film Festival[1]
- Won: Golden Leopard
References
[edit]- ^ "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1950 films
- 1950 animated films
- Films based on works by Božena Němcová
- Films directed by Jiří Trnka
- Golden Leopard winners
- Czechoslovak animated films
- Marionette films
- 1950s fantasy adventure films
- Czech fantasy adventure films
- Animated films about dragons
- Animated films based on fairy tales
- 1950s Czech-language films
- 1950s Czech films
- Czech animated adventure films
- Czech animated fantasy films
- Films scored by Václav Trojan
- 1950s Czech film stubs
- 1950s animated film stubs