It was in 1955 , however , that Zeman began the work for which he is most well-known : six feature films designed artistically to combine live-action and animation techniques . These were : He was a member of the jury at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival in 1961 and at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival in 1971 . The Czechoslovakian government awarded him the title of National Artist in 1970 . After his live-action films , Zeman experimented with more classical forms of animation , beginning with seven shorts about Sinbad the Sailor which were then expanded into the feature film '' Pohádky tisíce a jedné noci '' ( 1974 ) . His final films were '' Čarodějův učeň '' ( 1977 ) , from the novel '' The Satanic Mill '' by Otfried Preußler , and '' Pohádka o Honzíkovi a Mařence '' ( 1980 ) . On 3 November 1980 , in celebration of Zeman 's seventieth birthday , President Gustáv Husák awarded him the Order of the Republic
2nd Moscow International Film Festival
2nd Moscow International Film Festival
Karel Zeman