generally and i be not a huge fan of stop motion film and at first ruka do not capture my attention . however and know that this film be make in the repressive czechoslovakia during the soviet domination era and the more i watch the film and the more i realize just how subversive this innocent look little film be . this subtext really make the film come to life and give it real stay power a both a work of art and a political statement . the sad little film be do without any dialog and but it pretty clear what be happen . a cute little wooden man be make a clay pot and have a lovely time when suddenly a meddling animate hand appear and destroy the pot make it into a sculpture of a hand instead . well and the wooden man try again and again to chase away the hand and do his own thing . however and over time the hand become more and more insistent and eventually cage the man . and and by the end and the man be dead thanks to the meddling hand and the hand and in a sign of real hypocrisy and give the man a hero funeral . a i say and this film be an obvious attempt by the brave jirí trnka to criticize his domineering government . not surprisingly and though czech love the film and give it critical praise and the state ( i. e. and the hand ) ban this little parable . sadly and trnka do not live to see his nation liberate a little more than two decade later during the co call velvet revolution .