Connection
The Hand is a film of genre Drama directed by Jiří Trnka released in USA on 26 october 1965
The Hand (1965)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listThe Hand (Czech: Ruka) is a 1965 Czechoslovak stop motion puppet animation film directed by Jiří Trnka. It was Trnka's final film. American Film Academy declared The Hand the 5th best animated picture in history.
The Film was first released in 1965. When Trnka died in 1965, the film was banned due to its story that reflects a restrictive environment in which many artists had to work.
Synopsis
The film features a conflict between a powerless Harlequin and a powerful Hand. Harlequin is an artist who makes Sculptures. He is commanded by The Hand to make only sculptures of Hand but Harlequin decides to resist the Hand as he wishes to make ceramic pots for his flowers. The Hand tries to change his mind by threatening him, manipulating him or making him troubles.Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to The Hand
There are 7 films with the same director, 72839 with the same cinematographic genres (including 31 with exactly the same 3 genres than The Hand), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked The Hand, you will probably like those similar films :
Springman and the SS (1946)
, 14minutesDirected by Jiří Brdečka, Jiří Trnka
Genres War, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Superhero films
Rating66%
A chimney sweep disguises as a Spring-heeled Jack-like figure during the Nazi occupation. The heroic and mischievous black-clad "Springer", with a mask fashioned out of a sock and defying the curfew, is capable of performing fantastic leaps due to having couch springs attached to his shoes. He taunts the occupying German army sentries and the Gestapo before escaping in a surrealistic, slapstick chase across the darkened city.
The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
, 1h16Directed by Jiří Trnka
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Actors Boris Karloff
Rating66%
Dans le royaume chinois, tout le peuple se régale du chant merveilleux d'un rossignol du jardin de l'empereur. Celui-ci l'envoie chercher pour assister à un repas. Charmé lui aussi par sa musique, il décide de le garder avec lui, dans une cage. Jusqu'au jour ou son voisin, l'empereur du Japon, lui offre un oiseau de pierres précieuses, pouvant chanter une valse (la même, toujours) autant magique que si ce fut le vrai rossignol.
Prince Bayaya (1951)
, 1h27Directed by Jiří Trnka
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about dragons
Rating66%
Pour sauver l'âme de sa mère ensorcelée, un villageois tire trois princesses des griffes d'un dragon et épouse la plus jeune.
Old Czech Legends (1953)
, 1h30Directed by Jiří Trnka
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Animation
Actors Růžena Nasková, Zdeněk Štěpánek, Eduard Kohout, Václav Vydra, Karel Höger
La vie des premiers habitants de Bohême illustrée par une série de sept récits légendaires.
A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)
, 1h16Directed by Jiří Trnka
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Les fées, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Richard Burton, Joss Ackland, Jean Desailly, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Hugh Manning, Barbara Jefford
Rating67%
D'après la pièce de Shakespeare, Le Songe d'une nuit d'été, ce film de marionnettes destiné aux adultes met en scène les trois univers de cette histoire complexe : l'Athènes patricienne, le milieu populaire et le monde magique des elfes et des nymphes.
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
, 1h17Directed by Jiří Trnka
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Political films
Actors Jan Werich
Rating70%
Z Hatvanu do Haliče : Comme les deux autres, ce premier épisode se situe pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Dans une petite gare entre Hatvan et Halič, le soldat Chvéïk, soupçonné par son supérieur d'avoir bu du cognac — ce qui est formellement interdit —, invente une histoire à dormir debout pour se tirer d'affaire.
The Czech Year (1947)
, 1h15Directed by Jiří Trnka
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Rating69%
The traditional customs and tales of a Czech village are depicted in six separate sequences: "Shrovetide", "Spring", "Legend About St. Prokop", "The Fair", "The Feast" and "Bethlehem".
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror, Animation
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Peter O'Toole, Ron Haddrick, Helen Morse, Robin Stewart, Phillip Hinton, Moya O'Sullivan
Rating62%
, 1h49Directed by Jan Švankmajer
Origin Republique tcheque
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Actors Klara Issova, Zuzana Kronerová, Jana Oľhová
Rating71%
Film de semi animation complètement déjanté que nous propose Jan Švankmajer. On nous y présente un homme qui fait d’étranges rêves et qui consultera une psychanalyste pour tenter de les interpréter. Ces rêves lui permettent de côtoyer un homme qui lui ressemble, mais en plus jeune, et une jeune femme qu’il aimerait bien rencontrer dans le monde réel. D’ailleurs, à un certain point, le rêve et la réalité ne se confondent-ils pas? Il y a aussi cette maladie d’acheter des billets de loterie en pensant qu’il va gagner une fortune..
The Cube (1969)
, 54minutesDirected by Jim Henson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Horror, Animation
Actors Richard Schaal, Jerry Nelson, Tiffany Million, Don McGill, Trudy Young
Rating74%
An unnamed man, simply called "The Man" (Richard Schaal), is trapped in a cubical white room where anyone else can enter and leave, but which he himself apparently cannot leave. A stool is brought in covered in strawberry jam. The furniture changes throughout the play. The main character is subjected to an increasingly puzzling and frustrating series of encounters as a variety of people come through various hidden doors including two people in Gorilla Suits wearing ballerina costumes. But, as many remind him, he can only leave through his own door. So he must find it to leave.