The Lighthouse Keeper Open this page in a new window for printing
Strazce majaku
12 minutes, 35 mm, colour, 1968
Puppet animation
Audience: adults
Commentary: none

Producer: KF a.s. - Jiri Trnka Studio
Director: Ivan Renc
Designer: Jaromir Gal

A story of a lighthouse keeper whose life dream is to save from wrecking. In the end he surrenders to the idea of a horizon that will remain empty forever and leaves the observation post. The ship that appears afterwards wrecks.

All films directed by Ivan Renc:
Dalibor's Tower • Indian Princess • Jerusalem Street • The Lighthouse Keeper • The Magician • Puppet, Man's Best Friend • The Sword • The Town In Black • The Tree and High Branch • The Tree and the Fence • The Tree and the Hen-pigeon • The Tree and the Little Donkey • The Tree and the Road • The Tree and the Well • The Tree and the Wind

All films designed by Jaromir Gal:
The Lighthouse Keeper