Trurl's Machine

The mystery of the New Year's night told from three different points of view. A caretaker, a chimney sweep, and a postman visiting female tenants on several floors experienced it in a different way.

Two monarchs from opposing kingdoms try to obtain the princess's favors. She, from her window, watches how their rivalry escalates until it reaches a confrontation. The disagreement between them is taken advantage of by the young page to gain the sympathy of the princess.

The adventures of a classic "podrywacz" character known from Molière's drama and Byron's poem, who has not lost popularity until today. All this is shown with a pinch of salt, in a grotesque form of a cut-out film, reminiscent of the comic book editions of "Trzy Muszkieterów".

A modest tailor sews a cape in his basement. He would like to use it to fly. Modern machines change other people. The tailor remains the same, old-fashioned person. Persecuted, he escapes on the sewing machine and rises into the air. He flies among the zodiacal constellations. Earthly pursuers follow him and shake hands with him. However, this is just another dream of a modern Icarus.

A mysterious figure leaves the Tower of Babel. It looks for the truth, it looks for life, it joins feasters and people working in the field. The animation is based on Pieter Bruegel’s style of painting.

Slim Mr. Traba and fluffy Mrs. Barbara are a good marriage. It is the moonlight that triggers off Mr. Traba’s dreamy nature. He decides to leave his marriage nest and meet the Moon Girl. Mr. Traba lands on stage of a concert hall. The animal audience admires his performance, the Moon Girl throws a flower at his feet from the box, despite the fact that he is totally out of tune. After a crazy night of imagination, Mr. Traba quietly returns to his place in the marriage portrait.

In this story told by cutouts, the Capulet family feuds with the Montague family while their children Romeo and Juliet fall in love.

A Prussian general instructs his soldiers how to get rid of the storks bringing new lives. He turns the conscripts into cannon fodder, and he can't deal with one fly himself.

Bulandra the miner explores the underground and wins gold from its inhabitant, an old spirit. Little does he know that the Devil will cause mischief to him once he gets out.

A man is a guest of the EDEN Hotel. He can enjoy its luxuries with no limits, except for one room. The room becomes the most interesting place for the man. The animators illustrate the biblical story with a beautiful cutout and a philosophical commentary. The film was made in the cut-out technique. Its background is based on the style of old engravings and contemporary graphics.