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Good soldier Swejk

Czechoslovakia, 1954
film

Featuring Czech puppet animation, this film consists of three episodes in the life of a Swejk - a solider famous in Czech folklore for his awkward ways and cl..

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Jiri Trnka's puppets

Czechoslovakia, 1957
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Toyland revolt

Czechoslovakia, 1938
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Le Petit Soldat

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Jan Svankmajer. - Volume 2.

Czechoslovakia, 1990
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The Swineherd (K)

United States, 1974
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The Staunch tin soldier

Denmark, 1955
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The Elementary school = Obecna skola

Czechoslovakia, 1991
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My Sweet Little Village = Vesnicko Ma Strediskova

Czechoslovakia, 1985
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The Swineherd

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And That's All. Part. 1

Czechoslovakia, 1979
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Ballada o soldate = Ballad of a soldier

Soviet Union, 1959
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For a lost soldier = Voor een verloren soldaat

Netherlands, 1992
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Bad luck = Zezowate szczescie [NTSC]

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Changing of the guard = Zmiana warty

Poland, 1958
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Soviet Union, 1959
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Brave Kate

Czechoslovakia, 1972
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Sladke hry minuleho leta = Sweet games of last summer

Czechoslovakia, 1970
Similarity: 65%

The Story of the toy soldier

United Kingdom, 1971
Similarity: 65%
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