Václav Bedřich Explained

Václav Bedřich (28 August 1918, Příbram – 7 March 2009) was Czech animator, actor, and film director. He is best known for his children's TV animation.^{[1] [2] [3]}

He created 358 animated films, which earned him a number of awards at domestic and international film festivals.^{[1] [3]}

Selected filmography

• 1944: Wedding in the Coral Sea

1953: Hrnečku, vař! ("Cook, Little Pot!") ^[4]

• 1955:, 44min. animation loosely based on the fairy tale "Devil and Káča" by Božena Němcová. Lucifer asks his sidekick to bring the most evil princess from the Earth. By mistake a peasant girl Káča was brought and she raised a hell in hell and she is to be returned to the Earth as soon as possible.^[5]
• 1960: Čtyřicet dědečků (Forty Old Men; direction and scenario), 8 min. animation; a grotesque story about magic pot which multiplies anything what was put inside^[6]
  • Honorable mention at the 9th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (1963)^[6]
• 1961: Calypso Cat
• 1962: Mouse into Space
• 1962: The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit
• 1966:
• 1971:
• 1971–2014: ^[7]
• 1973: Víla Amálka
• 1975: Maxipes Fík
• 1978: Bob a Bobek – králíci z klobouku (Bob and Bobby – the Rabbits from a Hat)
• 1980:
• 1981: Maxipes Fík II
• 1981: Sredni Vaštar (director); 29min., drawn animation, based on Sredni Vashtar by Hector Hugh Munro^[8]
• 1986: The Great Cheese Robbery (cs|Velká sýrová loupež), where Bedřich was both the director and an actor^[1] It is a 47-minute movie about three mice living in a cinema. After watching many thrillers they planned a "great cheese robbery". It is a parody of The Great Train Robbery.^[9] It is based on the children's book by Jean Van Leeuwen The Great Cheese Conspiracy first published in 1969.^[10]
• 1969-1976: Smrtící vůně A seven-part series of animated parodies on horror stories in which a young couple successfully evades traps set by an evil scientist and his sidekicks.^{[11] [12] [3]}
  • 1969: Smrtící vůně [Deadly Scent] ^{[13] [2]}
  • 1970:Pokažená svatba Spoiled Wedding
  • 1970:Nedokončený víkend Unfinished Weekend
  • 1971:Utopená ponorka Sunken Submarine
  • 1972:Očistná lázeň Cleansing bath
  • 1973:Poklad v pyramidě Treasure in the Pyramid
  • 1976: Uloupený obraz (Stolen Painting)^[14]

Awards

In addition to the film awards, in 1960 he was awarded the Silver badge of an exemplary worker by the Ministry of Education and Culture^[15]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zemřel režisér večerníčkové znělky Václav Bedřich. ČT24. Czech Television. cs. 2009-03-07. 2024-10-26.
2. Hana Ročňáková, in Czech: Příbramský rodák Václav Bedřich, autor celé řady večerníčků i jeho znělky in English: Václav Bedřich (1918-2009)
3. https://www.lidovky.cz/domov/fellini-vecernicku-slavi.A080827_000107_ln_noviny_sko Přední český animátor a režisér Václav Bedřich se zítra dožije devadesáti let
4. Jan Křipač, Animated Fairy-Tales of Václav Bedřich, August 7, 2020
5. https://www.csfd.cz/film/89695-cert-a-kaca/ Čert a Káča
6. https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/cs/film/398892/40-dedecku 40 dědečků
7. https://wagwalking.com/name/czech-dog-names Czech Dog Names
8. https://arl.nfa.cz/arl-nfa/en/detail-nfa_un_auth-0088588-Sredni-Vastar/ Sredni Vaštar
9. http://www.kratkyfilm.eu/catalogue/print/346.htm The Great Cheese Robbery
10. International Film Guide, Tantivy Press, 1989, p.136
11. https://arl.nfa.cz/arl-nfa/cs/detail-nfa_un_auth-0104983-Smrtici-vune/ Smrtící vůně
12. https://www.tv-archiv.sk/uloupeny-obraz-1976 Uloupený obraz (1976)
13. https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1001286327-smrtici-vune/ Smrtící vůně
14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIhZ8tYbDlM Stolen image | wordless animation by Václav Bedřich
15. https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/cs/person/7823/vaclav-bedrich Václav Bedrich