The Devil's Mill

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1949

Production year

1949

Premiere

1951

Runtime

21 min

Director

Jiří Trnka

Category

film

Genre

fairytale

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Čertův mlýn

Czech title

Čertův mlýn

English title

The Devil's Mill

Crew and creators

Director

Jiří Trnka

Screenstory

Jiří Trnka

Based on

anonym (Čertův mlýn – lidová pohádka)

Screenplay

Jiří Trnka

Director of Photography

Emanuel Franek, Ludvík Hájek

Art Director

Jiří Trnka (výtvarná práce)

Music

Music Composed by

Václav Trojan

Production info

Original Title

Čertův mlýn

Czech Title

Čertův mlýn

English Title

The Devil's Mill

Category

film

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Genre

fairytale

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1949

Production Year

1949

Production specifications

date of censorship 18 June 1951 (konec povolení k promítání 18. 7. 1956)

Premiere

premiere 1951 /suitable for youths/

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

21 min

Original length in metres

575 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Animation technique

puppet

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech