The Ostrich

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1960

Production year

1960

Runtime

10 min

Category

film

Genre

slapstick, fable

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Pštros

Czech title

Pštros

English title

The Ostrich

Working title

Pštros Jonathan

Commentary

Crew and creators

Dramaturg

Josef Menzel

Director of Photography

Jiří Šafář

Art Director

Svatopluk Pitra

Film Editor

Hana Walachová

Sound Designer

Emanuel Formánek

Animation

Bohuslav Šrámek (pohyb loutek), Stanislav Látal (pohyb loutek), Vlasta Pospíšilová (pohyb loutek)

Production Manager

Jaroslav Možíš, Jiří Vaněk (vedoucí ateliéru)

Unit Production Manager

Erna Kmínková

Music

Music Composed by

Jiří Srnec

Production info

Original Title

Pštros

Czech Title

Pštros

English Title

The Ostrich

Working Title

Pštros Jonathan

Category

film

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Genre

slapstick, fable

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1960

Production Year

1960

Production specifications

projection approval 7 December 1960

Premiere

premiere 14 April 1961 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní /kina Čas/)
premiere 14 April 1961 /suitable for youths/ (kino Čas /1 týden/, Praha)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

10 min

Original length in metres

277 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

Czech, commentary

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech

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