The Merry Circus Cast and Crew

The Merry Circus

Plot: Trnka brings to life a surrealist circus of tightrope-walking fish, musical monkeys, balancing bears, and high-flying acrobatics in this whimsical feat of cutout animation made in collaboration with leading Czech painters of the era.

Release Date: Monday, January 1 1951
74 years ago

Genres: Animation

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Cast

Crew

Jiří Trnka. Jiří Trnka was 38 in The Merry Circus as 'Story, Screenplay, Director, Graphic Designer'

Birthday: Sat, Feb 24 1912 –
Died: Tue, Dec 30 1969

Emanuel Franek. Emanuel Franek was >> in The Merry Circus as 'Director of Photography'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Helena Lebdušková. Helena Lebdušková was 24 in The Merry Circus as 'Editor'

Birthday: Sat, Apr 17 1926

Václav Trojan. Václav Trojan was 43 in The Merry Circus as 'Original Music Composer'

Birthday: Wed, Apr 24 1907 –
Died: Tue, Jul 05 1983

Jan Rychlík. Jan Rychlík was 34 in The Merry Circus as 'Original Music Composer'

Birthday: Thu, Apr 27 1916 –
Died: Mon, Jan 20 1964

Emanuel Formánek. Emanuel Formánek was >> in The Merry Circus as 'Sound'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Josef Kluge. Josef Kluge was 29 in The Merry Circus as 'Animation'

Birthday: Sun, May 29 1921 –
Died: Fri, Mar 18 1988

Stanislav Látal. Stanislav Látal was 31 in The Merry Circus as 'Animation'

Birthday: Wed, May 07 1919 –
Died: Thu, Aug 04 1994

Bohuslav Šrámek. Bohuslav Šrámek was 36 in The Merry Circus as 'Animation'

Birthday: Sat, Dec 12 1914 –
Died: Tue, Jul 31 1984

Kamil Lhoták. Kamil Lhoták was 38 in The Merry Circus as 'Graphic Designer'

Birthday: Thu, Jul 25 1912 –
Died: Mon, Oct 22 1990

Otakar Pařík. Otakar Pařík was 49 in The Merry Circus as 'Conductor'

Birthday: Thu, Feb 28 1901 –
Died: Sat, Feb 19 1955

František Tichý. František Tichý was 54 in The Merry Circus as 'Graphic Designer'

Birthday: Tue, Mar 24 1896 –
Died: Sat, Oct 07 1961

Zdeněk Seydl. Zdeněk Seydl was 34 in The Merry Circus as 'Graphic Designer'

Birthday: Sat, Apr 29 1916 –
Died: Sat, Jun 17 1978