The Adventures of a Ubiquitous Fellow
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1936Production year
1936Premiere
17 June 1936Runtime
13 minCategory
filmGenre
educationalTypology
animatedtheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
Všudybylovo dobrodružstvíCzech title
Všudybylovo dobrodružstvíEnglish title
The Adventures of a Ubiquitous FellowProtectorate parallel title
Schlaucherls AbenteuerSummary
An explanation of the principle of radio broadcasting.
Synopsis
The beginning of the film features Hurvínek who introduces himself as the hero of the film - the Ubiquitous Fellow. The Ubiquitous Fellow the Traveller travels through outer space to the Moon. He is attracted to the Earth by radio waves, which eventually lead him as far as to the central operation room of the radio. There, he meets the Queen of Radio Waves and is shown around her entire kingdom - the studio of a radio station. She explains to him the principle of radio broadcasting and distributing the radio waves, which he encountered in outer space and which took him as far as to the radio station. In the end, the Ubiquitous Fellow returns to his Moon and keeps listening to the broadcasting of various radio stations during his journey through space.
Note
The film contains passages from the German picture Die Rundfunktechnik I. – IV. Teil (1930), which was distributed in Czechoslovakia in 1930 under the title Radio Technology (production company Commerz-Film Berlin). Several passages explaining the distribution of sound waves are identical with some scenes in the film "Radio Technology" (Technika rozhlasu, 1939, production company Czech Radio). One of the surviving copies was adapted for the Protectorate distribution: the Czech opening titles were replaced by bilingual ones (the Czech and German title of the film, respectively); information about the authors was left out, and Czech Radio was stated as the executive producer of the film (the company hitherto operating the local radio broadcasting was renamed Czech Radio, Ltd., on 10 June 1939). The traditional jingle of Czechoslovak Radio in the audio track was left out and only the “Hello, Hello” remained. The available sources contain no information about the decision leading to this intervention. The changes in the original copy, submitted for censorship proceedings in 1936, were found during the process of comparing this copy with the copy sent by Irena Dodalova from Argentina in 1989.
Photos
Dubbing
Josef Skupa
Hurvínek alias Všudybyl
Anna Kreuzmannová
Královna rádiových vln
František Havel
rozhlasový hlasatel
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Art Director
Animation
Artistic Collaboration
Jiří Trnka (úprava loutky Hurvínka v roli Všudybyla)
Cooperation
Music
Music Composed by
Production info
Original Title
Všudybylovo dobrodružství
Czech Title
Všudybylovo dobrodružství
English Title
The Adventures of a Ubiquitous Fellow
Protectorate Parallel Title
Schlaucherls Abenteuer
Category
film
Typology
animatedtheatrical distribution
Genre
educational
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1936
Production Year
1936
Production specifications
date of censorship 05/1936 (kulturně-výchovný /verze 480 metrů/)
date of censorship 12/1936 (kulturně-výchovný /verze 350 metrů/)
date of censorship 01/1940
Premiere
premiere 17 June 1936 /suitable for youths/ (verze 480 metrů)
Production
IRE-Film, AB Praha, Radiojournal Praha (zadavatel)
With support
Copyright Holders
Laboratories
Distribution
Elekta (verze 480 metrů), Radiojournal Praha (verze 350 metrů)
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
13 min
Original length in metres
480 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Animation technique
cartoon, puppet, combined (technique), documentary
Aspect ratio
1:1,19
Colour
tinting, black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech, German
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
