Between 1971 and 1974, Zeman directed a series of shorts for children about the adventures of Sinbad the Sailor, told in exquisitely simple, multicolored cut-out animation that resembles the jungle fantasies of the painter Henri Rousseau. Filled with typically whimsical Zeman touches-a parrot that walks on stilts, a sack that spews an endless mountain of gold coins-these episodes contain some of Zeman's finest work as a storyteller and animator. The program features five of the chapters from 1001 Nights:The Flying Carpet (Letajici koberec, 1971, 13 mins). The Magnetic Mountain (Magnetova hora, 1973, 17 mins). In the Giant's Country (V zemi obru, 1973, 17 mins). The Sultan of the Sea (Morsky sultan, 1974, 12 mins). The Tamed Demon (Zkroceny demon, 1974, 16 mins).