What I Haven't Told the Prince

(1975)

Genres: Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Year: 1975

Runtime: 9 мин

Country: Czechoslovakia

Director: Jiří Brdečka

Cast: Eduard Cupák, Jana Hlaváčová

Plot

This original adaptation of Oscar Wilde's sad, socially conscious fairy tale, The Happy Prince, hinges on the conflict between fact and dream, reality and poetry. The contrast is reinforced by the film's visuals, confronting modern art with Gustave Doré's old engravings.