Mr. Prokouk Leaves for Volunteer Work

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1947

Production year

1947

Premiere

22 August 1947

Runtime

4 min

Director

Karel Zeman

Category

film

Genre

agitprop

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Brigády

Czech title

Brigády

English title

Mr. Prokouk Leaves for Volunteer Work

Working title

Pan Prokouk na brigádě / Pan Prokouk jede na brigádu

Crew and creators

Director

Karel Zeman

Screenstory

Karel Zeman

Screenplay

Karel Zeman

Director of Photography

Antonín Horák

Film Editor

Zdeněk Stehlík

Animation

Karel Zeman (pohyb loutek)

Production Manager

Dušan Schaffer

Music

Music Composed by

Zdeněk Liška

Production info

Original Title

Brigády

Czech Title

Brigády

English Title

Mr. Prokouk Leaves for Volunteer Work

Working Title

Pan Prokouk na brigádě / Pan Prokouk jede na brigádu

Category

film

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Genre

agitprop

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1947

Production Year

1947

Production specifications

date of censorship 23 June 1947 (konec povolení k promítání 23. 6. 1952)

Premiere

premiere 22 August 1947 /suitable for youths/ (kina Apollo /3 týdny/, Máj /3 týdny/ a Moskva /3 týdny/, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Creative Group

Pracovní skupina Zlín, Jaroslav Novotný (šéf pracovní skupiny Zlín)

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

4 min

Original length in metres

100 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Animation technique

puppet

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, commentary

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech

Awards

Vítěz

Event: Cena filmových kritiků za rok 1948

1949
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Krátký film Praha

Vítěz

Event: Cena filmových kritiků za roky 1945 až 1947

1948
Praha / Czechoslovakia