A man with a cold puts drops of medicine into a glass. On the wall hangs a picture of a snowy landscape. The gloomy man is suddenly disturbed by a knock at the door. A little girl is standing outside but he drives her away. He picks up the flowers she had dropped. The rhythmical sound of tap-dancing can be heard outside the window. Even the postman who brings the man a parcel, is tap-dancing. The parcel contains spring shoes. The man opens the window and sees that spring has arrived. The winter scene in the painting has transformed itself into a spring landscape. The postman and two girls sing happily together. This advertising film promotes Baťa's spring shoe collection for the year 1941.
Slavíkův jazzový orchestr
Osm kroků v taktu
Osm kroků v taktu
Eight Steps to the Beat
Acht Schritte im Takt
film
featuretheatrical distribution
promotional
Czechoslovakia
1940
1940
date of censorship 04/1940
withdrawal from distribution 04/1945
premiere 04/1940 /suitable for youths/
short film
6 min
165 meters
35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
Tobis – Klang
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech, German
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