How Giants Perished in the Šumava Mountains

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2011

Production year

2010

Premiere

10 February 2011

Runtime

9 min

Category

povídka

Genre

fairytale, short-story

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Jak na Šumavě obři vyhynuli

Czech title

Jak na Šumavě obři vyhynuli

English title

How Giants Perished in the Šumava Mountains

Summary

The story consists of the trip of a television crew to the Šumava Mountains where it wants to explore the veracity of the region's legend of giants.

Crew and creators

Based on

Jan Werich (Fimfárum – kniha pohádek)

Director of Photography

Hubert Hesoun, Zdeněk Pospíšil

Set Designer

Jan Müller (stavba scény a rekvizity), Kateřina Tažárová (stavba scény a rekvizity), Helena Šimůnková (stavba scény a rekvizity), David Filcík (stavba scény a rekvizity), Milan Halousek (stavba scény a rekvizity), Pavel Hofta (stavba scény a rekvizity)

Film Editor

Pavel Hrdlička

Visual Effects

Václav Kostúň (matchmove)

Artistic Collaboration

Milan Vinš (výroba loutek a koster)

Cooperation

Jaroslav Bezděk (latex)

Music

Music Composed by

Karel Holas

Music Performed by

Karel Holas /housle, kytary, pískání, perkuse, akordeon, sequencer/, Mirek Hloucal /trubka/, Jan Jirucha /trombon/, Filip Spálený /kontrabas/

Production info

Original Title

Jak na Šumavě obři vyhynuli

Czech Title

Jak na Šumavě obři vyhynuli

English Title

How Giants Perished in the Šumava Mountains

Category

povídka

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Genre

fairytale, short-story

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2011

Production Year

2010

Premiere

gala premiere 9 February 2011 (kino Lucerna, Praha)
distribution premiere 10 February 2011 /suitable for all ages/

Distribution

Bioscop

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

9 min

Distribution carrier

35mm, DCP 3-D, DCP 2-D

Animation technique

puppet

Aspect ratio

1:1,85

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Digital

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech