The Revolt of the Toys
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1947Production year
1947Runtime
14 minCategory
filmGenre
slapstick, satireTypology
animatedtheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
Vzpoura hračekCzech title
Vzpoura hračekEnglish title
The Revolt of the ToysSummary
The legendary film The Revolt of the Toys (1947) is Hermína Týrlová's first film and it is a combination of puppets and actors. In this political grotesque, an evil and arrogant SS man becomes a victim of the wooden puppets of Master Hoblík, who had to run away from him. At first the puppets (some of them were bought in a toy shop) successfully resist the SS man's power thanks to their mutual help and eventually revenge on him and force him to escape, which is very humiliating for the SS man. – Even today, the film surprises with its perfect professional production.
Synopsis
Toy maker Josef Hoblík makes a puppet of Adolf Hitler one evening. However, an SS man who is walking down the street, sees something suspicious and sneaks into Hoblík’s workshop. The master throws the wooden dictator into the fireplace and escapes through the window. The SS man enters the room and starts looking around. As he looks into the wooden chest, its cover falls on him, the SS man faints and suddenly the toys seem to have come to life. On a wooden boy’s command start the other wooden puppets attack the enemy. They take off his shoes, cut off his buttons and take off his uniform jacket. When the man wakes up, he does not hesitate to shoot at them with his gun and sets the closet where they were hiding in fire. But the "boy" sounds the alarm. Wooden firemen come out and put out the fire. Then soldiers with cannons and even bomber aircraft fight against the SS man. The German does not know what to do first. In the end, he escapes with his trousers burning through the window, while the wooden puppet of his Führer flies behind him, loaded in the largest cannon...
Note
The main character of the SS member is sometimes referred to as a member of the Gestapo, but the uniform is intentionally unidentifiable. In May 2005, the film was distributed again in the project Remembering and forgetting together with films The Ill-fated Child (2003) and Passenger (1963).
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Cast
Eduard Linkers
sturmann SS
Jindřich Láznička
hračkářský mistr Josef Hoblík
Crew and creators
Director
Hermína Týrlová (loutková část), František Sádek (hraná část)
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Animation
Hermína Týrlová (pohyb loutek)
Production
Production Manager
Artistic Collaboration
Cooperation
Josef Hanzl (technická spolupráce)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)
Production info
Original Title
Vzpoura hraček
Czech Title
Vzpoura hraček
English Title
The Revolt of the Toys
Category
film
Typology
animatedtheatrical distribution
Genre
slapstick, satire
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1947
Production Year
1947
Production specifications
date of censorship 8 May 1947 (konec povolení k promítání 8. 5. 1952)
the end of the distribution monopoly 1 May 2008
Premiere
premiere 29 August 1947 /suitable for youths/
renewed premiere 1 May 2005 /recommended for 15 and over/
Distribution slogan
A Czech puppet film about toys that overpowered the Gestapo. – The first Czech puppet film with a staged part. Directed by Hermína Týrlová. (1947) / An animated dream of a drunken Gestapo man who is seized by a gang of toys. (2005)
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Státní půjčovna filmů (původní 1947), Asociace českých filmových klubů (obnovená 2005)
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
14 min
Original length in metres
410 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Animation technique
puppet, combined (technique), feature
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 8. mezinárodní filmový festival Benátky
1947
Benátky / Italy
Hermína Týrlová
Vítěz
Festival: 8. mezinárodní filmový festival Benátky
1947
Benátky / Italy
František Sádek
Vítěz
Festival: Mezinárodní festival filmu a výtvarnictví Brusel
1947
Brusel / Belgium
