A commercial promoting gaskets and packing produced by the Kovotěs Hošický and Pešek Czech company.
Cinderella is cleaning at the castle of her evil stepmother who is jealous of her beauty. A storm and strong winds rage outside. An evil spirit – draught – appears behind the window, sneaks into the castle through the window and begins to trouble Cinderella's work. The draught is followed by rain from the leaking window. A good fairy sends the desperate Cinderella a knight Kovotěs [Gasket], clad in armour, to protect her. The knight indeed saves Cinderella from the evil draught – the girl turns into a modern woman whose comfort in her flat is protected against draught and rain by Kovotěs packing.
A copy of an identical film entitled A Fairy-Tale About Cinderella survived. It differs from the given copy by the form of the opening titles and some shots.
Popelka
Popelka
Cinderella
Aschenbrödel
film
animatedtheatrical distribution
fairytale, promotional
Czechoslovakia
1944
1944
date of censorship 8 February 1944 (bez predikátu)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
premiere 02/1944 /suitable for youths/
short film
4 min
114 meters
35mm
cartoon
1:1,37
black & white
sound
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech, German
