| Prince Bayaya | |
| Director: | Jiří Trnka |
| Producer: | Ceskoslovenský Státní Film |
| Screenplay: | Jirí Trnka |
| Starring: | Jana Kuhna |
| Music: | Václav Trojan |
| Cinematography: | Emanuel Franek Ludvík Hájek |
| Distributor: | Procinex Státní Pujcovna Filmu |
| Runtime: | 87 minutes |
| Country: | Czechoslovakia |
| Language: | Czech |
Prince Bayaya (Czech: Bajaja) is a 1950 Czechoslovak animated film directed by Jiří Trnka.
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.
1954 Locarno International Film Festival[1]