Reason and Happiness

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2011

Production year

2010

Premiere

10 February 2011

Runtime

40 min

Director

David Súkup

Category

povídka

Genre

fairytale, short-story

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionmedium

Original title

Rozum a Štěstí

Czech title

Rozum a Štěstí

English title

Reason and Happiness

Summary

A young fat spectacled little man and a long-haired hippy with a guitar argue on a footbridge about who is more important and who is needed by more people. The smaller one is Reason and the hippy is Happiness. Luděk the shepherd with pigs passes by and they try it out on him to see who is better.

Crew and creators

Director

David Súkup

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), Jan Ott (stavba scény a rekvizity), Pavel Kout (stavba scény a rekvizity), Eleonora Spezi /ž/ (stavba scény a rekvizity), Zane Përkone /ž/ (stavba scény a rekvizity)

Costume Designer

Radka Balejová

Production

Marcela Halousková (ANIMA), Milan Halousek (ANIMA)

Artistic Collaboration

Milan Vinš (výroba loutek a koster)

Cooperation

Jaroslav Bezděk (latex)

Music

Music Composed by

Vladimír Merta

Music Performed by

Vladimír Merta /kytary, loutny, flétny, bratch, gamba, basa, perkuse, fujara, midi/, Josef Zámek /trubka, křídlovka, clarina/, Ladislav Zámek /klarinet a basklarinet/, Marcel Bárta /basklarinet, tenorsaxofon/, Pavel Macák /klávesy, midi/, Václav Veselý /akordeon/, Jiří Zelenka /bicí/, Jan Jirucha /pozoun, eufonium/, Jiří Genrt /tuba/, Jaroslav Nejezchleba /violoncello/, Karel Holas /housle, viola/, Sára Mertová

Music Supervisor

Vladimír Merta, Adam Bezděk

Production info

Original Title

Rozum a Štěstí

Czech Title

Rozum a Štěstí

English Title

Reason and Happiness

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

medium length film

Duration in minutes

40 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