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Directed by Bretislav Pojar · Starring Patrice Arbour, Bernard Carez · 1981

In a fairy-tale kingdom of paper cut-outs, a ruler forces his strange delusion on his subjects, and they must go along with it or face the consequences.

A sly, wordless cut-out fable from a Czech animation master that skewers authoritarian absurdity.

Under the guise of a pretty fairy tale, this animated short makes a strong political statement. Animated paper cut-outs enact a drama in which a dictator imposes his delusions on his unfortunate subjects. The humour is b

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