Three Men

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1936

Production year

1936

Runtime

2 min

Category

film

Genre

promotional

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Tři muži

Czech title

Tři muži

English title

Three Men

Parallel title

3

Summary

A commercial promoting Tři muži [the Three Men] washing powder from the Pilnáček company, based in the Czech city of Hradec Králové.

Synopsis

Three women sing: "Oh how jolly we are! We have no men, but if we had them, we would just weep." A line of men - characters from the washing powder Tři muži [the Three Men] - marches outside the window. The women lean out of the window to watch for their helpers. Three men separate from the line, approach three troughs in the room and wash the laundry. The women now, on the contrary, sing how jolly they are, because they have three men who wash laundry for them.

Note

Filming the commercial employed the Gasparcolor system.

Crew and creators

Music

Music Composed by

Bedřich Kerten

Production info

Original Title

Tři muži

Czech Title

Tři muži

English Title

Three Men

Parallel Title

3

Category

film

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Genre

promotional

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1936

Production Year

1936

Production specifications

date of censorship 11/1936

Premiere

premiere 11/1936 /suitable for youths/

Production

IRE-Film

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

IRE-Film

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

2 min

Original length in metres

90 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Animation technique

cartoon

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech