The Gift (1947)
Trnka reached new heights of modernist abstraction with this innovative, surrealist mini-masterwork, which critic Jean-Pierre Coursodon praised as the Citizen Kane of animation.
Directors:
Jiří Krejčík, Jiří Trnka.
Writers:
Jiří Trnka, Jiří Brdečka.
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František Filipovský as Screenwriter |
| Directing | Jiří Krejčík | Director |
| Directing | Jiří Trnka | Director |
| Sound | Josef Zavadil | Sound |
| Writing | Jiří Trnka | Story |
| Camera | Vladimír Novotný | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Jiří Trnka | Screenplay |
| Editing | Helena Lebdušková | Editor |
| Writing | Jiří Brdečka | Story |
| Writing | Jiří Brdečka | Screenplay |
| Production | Jaroslav Jílovec | Production Manager |
| Art | Jiří Trnka | Art Designer |
| Sound | Jan Rychlík | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Jiří Trnka | Supervising Art Director |