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The Pied Piper + Jiri Barta Shorts: Limited Deluxe Edition (DC-042)(Exclusive)*

The Pied Piper + Jiri Barta Shorts: Limited Deluxe Edition (DC-042)(Exclusive)*

Actors: Oldrich Kaiser, Jirí Lábus
Director: Jiří Barta
Language: Czech: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Number of Discs: 2
Rating: Not Rated
Orig Release Date: 1986
Studio: Deaf Crocodile
Release Date: 9/16/2025
Run Time: 53 Min.
Special Features: Disc One
  • THE PIED PIPER feature, restored by Craig Rogers for Deaf Crocodile
  • Jiří Barta’s short film THE VANISHED WORLD OF GLOVES, a marvelous tour through cinema history told through animated gloves (1982, 16 min.)
  • CHRONICLE OF THE PIED PIPER, a behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Barta’s masterpiece (1985, 13 min., dir. Miroslava Humplíková) – in Czech with English subtitles
  • Video interview with director Jiří Barta, moderated by Dennis Bartok of Deaf Crocodile
  • Audio commentary by Czech film expert Irena Kovarova of Comeback Company and film critic & historian Peter Hames

Disc Two

  • Six Barta short films, newly restored by Deaf Crocodile:
    • RIDDLES FOR A CANDY (1978, 8 min.)  In Barta’s debut short, a fantastical anteater-shaped creature must solve complicated riddles posed by a magical book
    • DISC JOCKEY (1980, 10 min.).  Everyday life is a world of discs:  plates, ashtrays, buttons, a copy of “Abbey Road,” in Barta’s satire of empty modern life
    • THE DESIGN (1981, 6 min.).  An apartment block comes to life on a drafting board, in Barta’s critique of state-socialist housing
    • A BALLAD ABOUT GREEN WOOD (1983, 11 min.)  A miniature masterpiece about the occult mysteries of earth, sky, stone, wood and snow
    • THE LAST THEFT (1987, 21 min.)  Barta’s spectral ghost story follows a thief who breaks into an apparently-abandoned mansion to loot it of its treasures
    • THE CLUB OF THE LAID OFF (1989, 25 min.)  Barta’s disturbing stop-motion gem is set in a decrepit apartment where wooden mannequins mimic their almost-human "lives"
  • New video interview with director Jiří Barta about his short films, moderated by Dennis Bartok
  • New visual essay narrated by Czech film expert Irena Kovarova of Comeback Company, film critic & historian Peter Hames and edited by Ryan Verrill of Someone’s Favorite Productions
  • New artwork by Beth Morris
  • Blu-ray authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion

Limited Deluxe Edition Bonus Content

  • Slipcase featuring new artwork by Brian Level
  • 60-page illustrated book
  • New essay by film historian Jonathan Owen
  • New essay by film critic and author Walter Chaw
  • Essay on THE PIED PIPER by Czech film expert Irena Kovarova
  • Limited Edition of only 2000 units
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Actors: Oldrich Kaiser, Jirí Lábus
Director: Jiří Barta
Language: Czech: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Number of Discs: 2
Rating: Not Rated
Orig Release Date: 1986
Studio: Deaf Crocodile
Release Date: 9/16/2025
Run Time: 53 Min.
Special Features: Disc One
  • THE PIED PIPER feature, restored by Craig Rogers for Deaf Crocodile
  • Jiří Barta’s short film THE VANISHED WORLD OF GLOVES, a marvelous tour through cinema history told through animated gloves (1982, 16 min.)
  • CHRONICLE OF THE PIED PIPER, a behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Barta’s masterpiece (1985, 13 min., dir. Miroslava Humplíková) – in Czech with English subtitles
  • Video interview with director Jiří Barta, moderated by Dennis Bartok of Deaf Crocodile
  • Audio commentary by Czech film expert Irena Kovarova of Comeback Company and film critic & historian Peter Hames

Disc Two

  • Six Barta short films, newly restored by Deaf Crocodile:
    • RIDDLES FOR A CANDY (1978, 8 min.)  In Barta’s debut short, a fantastical anteater-shaped creature must solve complicated riddles posed by a magical book
    • DISC JOCKEY (1980, 10 min.).  Everyday life is a world of discs:  plates, ashtrays, buttons, a copy of “Abbey Road,” in Barta’s satire of empty modern life
    • THE DESIGN (1981, 6 min.).  An apartment block comes to life on a drafting board, in Barta’s critique of state-socialist housing
    • A BALLAD ABOUT GREEN WOOD (1983, 11 min.)  A miniature masterpiece about the occult mysteries of earth, sky, stone, wood and snow
    • THE LAST THEFT (1987, 21 min.)  Barta’s spectral ghost story follows a thief who breaks into an apparently-abandoned mansion to loot it of its treasures
    • THE CLUB OF THE LAID OFF (1989, 25 min.)  Barta’s disturbing stop-motion gem is set in a decrepit apartment where wooden mannequins mimic their almost-human "lives"
  • New video interview with director Jiří Barta about his short films, moderated by Dennis Bartok
  • New visual essay narrated by Czech film expert Irena Kovarova of Comeback Company, film critic & historian Peter Hames and edited by Ryan Verrill of Someone’s Favorite Productions
  • New artwork by Beth Morris
  • Blu-ray authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion

Limited Deluxe Edition Bonus Content

  • Slipcase featuring new artwork by Brian Level
  • 60-page illustrated book
  • New essay by film historian Jonathan Owen
  • New essay by film critic and author Walter Chaw
  • Essay on THE PIED PIPER by Czech film expert Irena Kovarova
  • Limited Edition of only 2000 units
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