XC / Dec 13, 1947
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
The first full-length puppet film made by Jiri Trnka. Like the painter Ales who illustrated the national songs, Trnka depicts the traditional customs and tales of the Czech village in six separate sequences: Shrovetide, Spring, Legend About St. Prokop, The Fair, The Feast and Bethlehem." A Treasury of Fairy-tales" made Trnka famous all over the world and it is a masterpiece of Czech and world animation.
Genres
AnimationFamilyMusic
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Špalíček |
| Original language | Český (CS) |
| Spoken languages | Český |
| Production countries | Czechoslovakia |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Loutkový film Praha |
| Release date | 13 dicembre 1947 |
| Writer | Jiří Trnka, Václav Trojan, Václav Renč |
| Editing | Jiří Trnka, Helena Lebdušková |
| Cinematography | Vladimír Novotný, Emanuel Franek |
| Assistant directors | Jiří Trnka |
| Camera operators | Vladimír Novotný, Emanuel Franek |
| Additional photography | Vladimír Novotný, Emanuel Franek |
| Production design | Jiří Trnka, Jaroslav Zdrůbecký, František Braun, František Horník, V. Braun, Karel Sobotka |
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| Art direction | Jiří Trnka, Jaroslav Zdrůbecký, František Braun, František Horník, V. Braun, Karel Sobotka |
| Set decoration | Jaroslav Zdrůbecký, František Braun, František Horník, V. Braun, Karel Sobotka, Jiří Trnka |
| Visual effects | Bohuslav Šrámek, Břetislav Pojar, Jan Karpaš, Zdeněk Hrabě, Stanislav Látal, Arnošt Továrek |
| Music | Václav Trojan, Josef Zavadil, Otakar Pařík, Jan Kühn |
| Sound | Václav Trojan, Josef Zavadil, Otakar Pařík, Jan Kühn |
Release dates
Theatrical release
France / Jun 16, 1950
Physical media
France / Apr 06, 2021 / DVD
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