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How Grandpa Changed Till Nothing Was Left
How Grandpa Changed Till Nothing Was Left

HOW GRANDPA CHANGED TILL NOTHING WAS LEFT

Jak starecek menil, az vymenil

Directed by Jiří Trnka
Czechoslovakia, 1953
Animation

    Synopsis

    Animated puppet-film in which grandpa, having rescued a drowning merchant and being awarded a piece of gold as reward, makes an eventful homeward journey. He swaps the gold for a horse, the horse for an ox, the ox for a sheep, the sheep for a pig and the pig for a needle for grandma.

    Synopsis

    Animated puppet-film in which grandpa, having rescued a drowning merchant and being awarded a piece of gold as reward, makes an eventful homeward journey. He swaps the gold for a horse, the horse for an ox, the ox for a sheep, the sheep for a pig and the pig for a needle for grandma.