How Man Learned to Fly

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1958

Production year

1957—1958

Runtime

14 min

Category

film

Genre

slapstick, pop-science

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Jak se člověk naučil létat

Czech title

Jak se člověk naučil létat

English title

How Man Learned to Fly

English parallel title

...and Yet They Fly

Working title

Jak nám narostla křídla

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Jiří Šebestík

Screenstory

Kamil Lhoták

Screenplay

Jiří Brdečka

Commentary by

Jiří Brdečka

Dramaturg

Ivan Urban

Director of Photography

Ivan Masník

Sound Designer

Josef Vlček

Special Effects

František Jakubec

Production Manager

Jan Hejl, Jiří Šebestík (vedoucí výrobního štábu)

Artistic Collaboration

Rudolf Holan, Olga Vlásková (kresby), Josef Váňa (kresby), V. Janoušková (kresby), V. Křepinská (kresby)

Music

Music Composed by

Jan F. Fischer

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)

Production info

Original Title

Jak se člověk naučil létat

Czech Title

Jak se člověk naučil létat

English Title

How Man Learned to Fly

English Parallel Title

...and Yet They Fly

Working Title

Jak nám narostla křídla

Category

film

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Genre

slapstick, pop-science

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1958

Production Year

1957—1958

Production specifications

projection approval 12 June 1958

Premiere

preview 27 June 1958 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 22 August 1958 /suitable for youths/ (kina Lucerna /6 týdnů/, Arbes /1 týden od 29. 8./, Revoluce /1 týden od 5. 9./, Kyjev /1 týden od 12. 9./, Veletrhy /1 týden od 19. 9./ a Flora /1 týden od 26. 9./, Praha)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

14 min

Original length in metres

380 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Animation technique

cartoon, combined (technique), documentary

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, commentary

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech

Awards

Vítěz

Exhibition: 5. západoněmecké dny krátkého filmu Oberhausen

1959
Oberhausen / Federal Republic of Germany

Vítěz

Festival: 11. mezinárodní filmový festival Cannes

1958
Cannes / France

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