Grandmother tells her grandchildren fairy tales. One of them is about how a weaver lived happily with his family in a cottage in Žirovnice. However, then textile production declined and the family fell into poverty. At that time, a young man came to visit who had learned to make buttons – chamrds – from mother-of-pearl in the world, and he wants them to try it together. He likes the weaver's daughter, so he settles in Žirovnice. The weaver cuts flat rings out of clam shells and drills holes in them. Button making brought new livelihood to the region. Documentary footage shows the production of buttons, their grinding and finishing, sewing on hard paper cartons, packaging and shipping. There are various cut buttons and other mother of pearl items such as boxes, clasps and the like.
babička
tkadlec
tkalcova manželka
Josef Žampach
dcera tkalcových
vnučka
Singer sbor
Pohádka o knoflíku
Pohádka o knoflíku
Fairytale About a Button
Das Märchen vom Knopf
film
featuretheatrical distribution
educational
Czechoslovakia
1944
1944
date of censorship 21 September 1944 (predikáty „lidově vzdělavatelský film“ a „film pro Den hrdinů“)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
premiere 09/1944 /suitable for youths/
short film
14 min
396 meters
35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
Tobis – Klang
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech, German
