Prince Bayaya
- 11 October 1950 (1950-10-11)
Prince Bayaya (Czech: Bajaja) is a 1950 Czechoslovak animated film directed by Jiří Trnka.
Plot
Poor half-orphan Bayaya is attracted by a call one day. He is called by his deceased mother who is experiencing her purgatory transformed into a white horse. She convinces Baya to go on a journey with her. Next steps lead them to a kingdom where three princesses are waiting to be sacrificed to dragons. Bayaya defeats all three dragons and chooses his future wife among the princesses. But at his mother's request, he must not reveal that he is the hero who saved the princesses. However, after a series of further disappointments, he gets a well-deserved happy ending.
Animation
- Břetislav Pojar - Bayaya
- Jan Karpaš - Princesses
- Bohuslav Šrámek - Grooms and Knights
- Zdeněk Hrabě - King
- Stanislav Látal - Jester
- František Braun - Armorers
Awards
1954 Locarno International Film Festival[1]
- Won: Golden Leopard
References
- ^ "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
External links
- Bajaja at IMDb
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