Fairytale About a Button

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1944

Production year

1944

Runtime

14 min

Director

Karel Baroch

Category

film

Genre

educational

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Pohádka o knoflíku

Czech title

Pohádka o knoflíku

English title

Fairytale About a Button

Protectorate parallel title

Das Märchen vom Knopf

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Marie Brožová

tkalcova manželka

Oldřich Kubart

Josef Žampach

Božena Kasalová

dcera tkalcových

Commentary

Crew and creators

Director

Karel Baroch

Screenstory

Jan Mikolášek

Director of Photography

Oldřich Payer

Sound Designer

Josef Zavadil

Titles Designed by

Lorenc

Production Manager

Miloš Schmiedberger

Music

Music Composed by

Miloš Smatek

Songs

Žirovnické čamrdy zná celý svět

Singer sbor

Production info

Original Title

Pohádka o knoflíku

Czech Title

Pohádka o knoflíku

English Title

Fairytale About a Button

Protectorate Parallel Title

Das Märchen vom Knopf

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

educational

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1944

Production Year

1944

Production specifications

date of censorship 21 September 1944 (predikáty „lidově vzdělavatelský film“ a „film pro Den hrdinů“)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945

Premiere

premiere 09/1944 /suitable for youths/

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

14 min

Original length in metres

396 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech, German