The Tale of John and Mary

The Tale of John and Mary
Poster for the film
Directed byKarel Zeman
Written byKarel Zeman
Starring
Narrated byOtakar Brousek
CinematographyZdenék Krupa
Edited byIvan Matous
Music byKarel Svoboda
Production
company
Filmové Studio Gottwaldov
Distributed byUstredni Pujcovna Filmu
Release date
  • November 1, 1980 (1980-11-01)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

The Tale of John and Mary (Czech: Pohádka o Honzíkovi a Mařence) is a 1980 Czechoslovak animated film directed by Karel Zeman. This is the last film by Zeman, based on Czech fairy tales. The film is created using cutout animation.

The images of John and Mary were featured at the 200 Czech Crown silver coin minted in memory of Zeman.