Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Poster unavailable
TITLE DETAILS

How the Old Man Traded It All Away

1954-12-31 · 9 min · Not rated

Animation · Family

Folk art–like hand-drawn stills illustrate this sweetly simple pastoral fable, in which a peasant comes into possession of a small fortune—but realizes there are treasures greater than gold.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Jiří Trnka
Production companies
Loutkový film Praha
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Růžena NaskováRůžena NaskováNarrator (voice)

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Recommendations

PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue
★ 7.1
PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue2020Animation · Family

A royal relative steals a gem with the power to make things fly, the Paw Patrol takes to the skies to stop him and save Barkingburg.

Ploey: You Never Fly Alone
★ 6.2
Ploey: You Never Fly Alone2018Animation · Family

A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.

Far from the Tree
★ 8.1
Far from the Tree2021Animation · Family

On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.

Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
★ 6.8
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You1999Animation · Family

After Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Rabbit see Christopher Robin making a valentine for -- gasp! -- a girl, they find he's been bitten by a "Smitten" and is lovesick! Worried that he'll no longer have time for them, and hoping a second bite from the love bug will cure him, they set out on a wild adventure to capture the Smitten. This wonderful story, filled with magic and whimsy, and sweetened with three new songs, reminds us all that the heart is big and always has plenty of room for friends -- old and new.

The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
★ 7.1
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus2000Animation · Family

Based on the popular book by L. Frank Baum, the beloved author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, comes the incredible story of The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus. Many centuries ago, long before toys had even been invented, a baby abandoned at the edge of an enchanted forest was adopted and raised by a beautiful wood nymph, thus beginning the life story of Santa Claus. From his first truly magical childhood through the discovery of his life's work of making children happy, discover the origin of every tradition surrounding Santa Claus, from toys, stockings and lighted trees to reindeer and sleigh. Journey back to a time of magic and wonder, and experience this heartwarming tale that will bring joy each holiday season.

The Cat in the Hat
★ 6.8
The Cat in the Hat1971Animation · Family

In a marvelously animated version of one of the most beloved of all Dr. Seuss tales, two youngsters find themselves at home with nothing to do on a rainy afternoon. But when the magical, mischievous Cat in the Hat arrives on the scene, they're all cat-apulted into a day of rousing, romping, outlandish antics they - and you - will never forget!

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
★ 7.3
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day1968Animation · Family

Winnie the Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre Wood.

The Nutcracker Prince
★ 6.5
The Nutcracker Prince1990Animation · Family

After young Clara receives a wooden nutcracker as a Christmas gift, she dreams about a fantastical battle between her Nutcracker Prince and the evil Mouse King. At stake is the Nutcracker's freedom - and Clara's future happiness.

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
★ 6.5
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters2011Animation · Family

Po and the Furious Five uncover the legend of three of kung fu's greatest heroes: Master Thundering Rhino, Master Storming Ox, and Master Croc.

Ferdinand the Bull
★ 6.7
Ferdinand the Bull1938Animation · Family

This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via pained howls and wild stomping. This lands him in the bull-fighting arena amidst characters based on Walt's animators with a matador reportedly modeled after Walt himself.

Babes in the Woods
★ 6.1
Babes in the Woods1932Animation

Two Dutch children stumble on a clearing in the woods where gnomes are going about their business. The gnomes are friendly to the children. A witch comes and takes them away on her broom to her gingerbread house, where she turns nasty on them, turning the boy into a spider, her yowling cat to stone, and tries to turn the girl into a rat when a gnome's arrow stops her. While the gnomes are fighting the witch, Hansel and Gretl free the other children who have been imprisoned and transformed by the witch.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
★ 6.1
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie1998Animation · Family

Young Rudolph suffers a childhood accident that sees his nose turn from the publicly accepted norm of black to a glowing red colour. His parents worry about him getting teased, and indeed he does in the end. When he is beaten in the reindeer games by his rival for a doe he fancies, Rudolph runs away and moves into a cave with Slyly the Fox. However can he overcome his fear and reach his true potential?

Snoopy Presents: There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy
★ 8.4
Snoopy Presents: There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy2026Animation · Family

When Snoopy's beloved doghouse goes missing, he tries to track it down, and learns what makes a house feel like home.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
★ 5.9
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys2001Animation · Family

When the mysterious Toy Taker grabs all of Santa's toys, it looks like the children will miss out on Christmas. But everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, comes to the rescue with his lovable friends: Hermey the elf, Yukon Cornelius the grizzly prospector, the abominable snow monster Bumbles and Rudolph's very special friend Clarice. Together, they promise Santa they'll track down Toy Taker and rescue Santa's toy. Their incredible quest takes them on a wild adventure with Rudolph's red nose leading the way!

Revolting Rhymes
★ 6.9
Revolting Rhymes2017Animation · Family

Two half-hour animated films based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
★ 6.9
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll2016Animation · Family

As Po looks for his lost action figures, the story of how the panda inadvertently helped create the Furious Five is told.

The Big Bad Wolf
★ 6.5
The Big Bad Wolf1934Animation

The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.

Sketch
★ 7.0
Sketch2025Family

When a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life—chaotic, real, and on the loose. As the town descends into chaos, her family must reunite and stop the monsters they never meant to unleash.

Three Blind Mouseketeers
★ 6.5
Three Blind Mouseketeers1936Animation · Family

As the title implies, the three blind mice are musketeers. The cat sets a number of traps for them, which they all evade (apparently without realizing it) while he sleeps. The cat eventually wakes up and begins chasing them unsuccessfully, thanks to their teamwork.

Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness
★ 7.2
Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness2022Animation · Family

A brave young animal explorer teams up with two trusty friends to find a powerful artifact before his greedy uncle can get his paws on it.

Similar titles

The Disheveled Sparrow
Not rated
The Disheveled Sparrow1967Animation

According to the fairy tale of the same name, how the little sparrow Pashka, as a token of gratitude to his mistress, the girl Masha, fearlessly enters the crow's dwelling in order to return the girl's father's gift stolen by the crow.

Sherlock Holmes and Little Chimney Sweeps
★ 10.0
Sherlock Holmes and Little Chimney Sweeps2012Animation

This story tells about a well-known detective Sherlock Holmes and his devoted friend Doctor Watson. They investigate extremely intricate and complicated case about the explosion in the Admiralty and disappearance of the top-secret papers from the safe. You'll meet inspector Lestrade, missis Hudson, head of the secret department Admiral Benbow and mysterious little chimney sweeps.

Poster unavailable
★ 1.0
Billy the Tough and the Cheeky Hares1964Animation

Ironbark Bill has to fight against some insolent jackrabbits.

Bobby's Girl
★ 7.4
Bobby's Girl1985Animation

Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself on a road trip printed in a motorcyclist hobby magazine. When he gets a letter from a girl his age, he decides to write her back.

The Crocodile
★ 6.2
The Crocodile1991Animation

This story is full of images and context, even though it is a simple story about a crocodile that ate a disagreeable man, it turns out that also addresses the problem of property and economic principles. Of course, all this is done to give a humorous effect, denouncing the social order, which may be contrary to the common sense.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
★ 5.3
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow1985Family

Ichabod Crane becomes the headmaster at a schoolhouse. He falls for Katrina Van Tassel but she has a lover: Brom Bones. Brom scares him off acting as the Headless Horseman only to meet the real one himself.

A Christmas Tale
★ 7.7
A Christmas Tale1993Animation

On the eve of Christmas, the tears of the poor girl Marusia melted the cold and indifferent heart of the wealthy landlord. Based on the fairy tale “Tear” by the Ukrainian writer Marko Cheremshyna.

Angus
★ 6.6
Angus1995Family

Angus is a large, pathetic 14-year-old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of only one girl, Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. Being especially uncool, he is incredibly surprised (along with the rest of the school) that he is chosen to dance with her at the Winter Ball. The only one not surprised is the cool kid who set him up to fail, but Angus' best friend is going to help him win the heart of Melissa by developing a new look for him

Poster unavailable
Not rated
Čudák Zerbino1982Family

Elephant Boy
★ 6.6
Elephant Boy1937Family

In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.

Magic Candies
★ 6.8
Magic Candies2025Animation · Family

The other kids never ask Dong-Dong to play, but he’s fine just playing marbles on his own. Until one day, he buys a bag of colorful candies and begins to discover new voices and perspectives.

The Road Called Life
★ 7.0
The Road Called Life2014Animation

Korea's leading modern literature writers Kim Yu-jong, Lee Hyo-seok and Hyun Jin-geon revive literature with pictures. "Spring", about the youthful romance of the 20s, "A Lucky Day", about the terrible sadness of the 40s and "Buckwheat Flower" is about the lingering memories of the 60s.

Poster unavailable
Not rated
The Apricot Jam1988Family

Television adaptation of F. Kárinthyho's story about how important it is to have a sense of home. The apricot jam symbolizes the home, family well-being, which the little boy Ferko, living with his parents in a Hungarian town of the 30's of the 20th century, desperately hopes for. A mother with an unfulfilled desire to become a famous pianist and a father with an even more distant dream to be a world-famous and wealthy writer to a son have no time or even a loving word. His loving companion is only Manci, who, however, leaves for misunderstanding with his lords. Ferko remains alone, disappointed and reluctant to accept the friendship of a new maid of Rózy. But he also has his great dream, and Róza will help him meet him.

Poster unavailable
Not rated
Dos PalabrasAnimation

Follows a woman who sells words so potent that they even influence a powerful man’s quest for the presidency.

The Blast of the Book
★ 10.0
The Blast of the Book1990Animation

Spiritual medium Openshaw is so removed from real life that he confuses a military alarm with a signal from the other world. Father Brown returns the professor to reality and the problems of modern life. Based on the "The Blast of the Book" short story from "The Scandal of Father Brown" stories collection, written in 1935 by Gilbert K. Chesterton.

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
★ 6.7
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman2023Animation

A lost cat, a giant talkative frog and a tsunami help a bank employee without ambition, his frustrated wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.

The Little Matchgirl
★ 7.4
The Little Matchgirl2006Animation · Family

An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames filled with images of loving relatives, bountiful food, and a place to call home.

Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
★ 8.0
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...1955Family

A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three daughters to name the measure of their love for him. When one of them says, "more than salt", he banishes her from the kingdom. Not understanding what she meant the King assumes love can only be measured by precious metals or one's own talent, the 'correct' answers from his other two daughters. The arrogance of the King leads him to gather all the salt in the kingdom and destroy it. Of course, this backfires as he slowly learns the universal value of the substance, and of course, the essence of his daughter's reply. With the help of the wise and magical old 'herb woman', the King also learns what it means to be a true and wise ruler.

The Fall of the House of Usher
★ 5.8
The Fall of the House of Usher1982Animation

In this animated version of Edgar Allan Poe's story, a traveller arrives at the Usher mansion to find that the sibling inhabitants are living under a mysterious family curse. The brother's senses have become painfully acute, while his sister has become nearly catatonic.

Poster unavailable
★ 10.0
There Will Come Soft RainsAnimation

In 2057, a smart house remains standing in a world without humans after a nuclear war, along with the robots inside it. The robots continue their daily routines meaninglessly. While humanity has been destroyed by a power of its own making and greater than itself, this artificial order, in parallel, is also unable to withstand the greater force of nature for long.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.