The Czech Year
Movie| Title | Špalíček |
| User score | 6.1 |
| Release date | Dec 13, 1947 |
| Genre | Animation |
| Director | Jiří Trnka |
| Production country | Czechoslovakia |
| Production companies | Loutkový film Praha |
| Run time | 75 min. |
The first full-length puppet film made by Jiri Trnka. Like the painter Ales who illustrated the national songs, Trnka depicts the traditional customs and tales of the Czech village in six separate sequences: Shrovetide, Spring, Legend About St. Prokop, The Fair, The Feast and Bethlehem." A Treasury of Fairy-tales" made Trnka famous all over the world and it is a masterpiece of Czech and world animation.
