[A Water Sprite in Love]

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1928

Production year

1928

Runtime

11 min

Category

film

Genre

slapstick

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Film state

partially realised project

Original title

[Zamilovaný vodník]

Czech title

[Zamilovaný vodník]

English title

[A Water Sprite in Love]

Working title

Vodník

Summary

Unfinished film.

A film about a reckless water sprite and his jealous wife.

Synopsis

Mum the water sprite rocks the little water sprites in a pond while the philandering dad water sprite enjoys himself with undines on the shore, playing love songs to a willow-tree fairy on his mandolin. The mum catches her husband doing this and forces him to return to the pond, back to his family, with slaps on his head.

Note

The film was not finished and submitted for censorship. The surviving negative did not contain any opening titles. The attribution of the title is only ex post and the year of production was estimated.

Production info

Original Title

[Zamilovaný vodník]

Czech Title

[Zamilovaný vodník]

English Title

[A Water Sprite in Love]

Working Title

Vodník

Category

film

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Film state

partially realised project

Genre

slapstick

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1928

Production Year

1928

Production specifications

date of censorship (nepředloženo cenzuře)

Premiere

premiere (neproběhla)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

11 min

Original length in metres

310 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Animation technique

cartoon

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

silent

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

without subtitles