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Merry Circus

Directed by Jiří Trnka

Czechoslovakia • 1951 • 12 mins. • In Czech

Trnka brings to life a surrealist circus of tightrope-walking fish, musical monkeys, balancing bears, and high-flying acrobatics in this whimsical feat of cut-out animation made in collaboration with leading Czech painters of the era.

Genres: Animation

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