The Inquisitive Letter

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1961

Production year

1961

Premiere

17 November 1961

Runtime

20 min

Director

Hermína Týrlová (loutková část), Josef Pinkava (hraná část)

Category

film

Genre

fairytale

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Zvědavé psaníčko

Czech title

Zvědavé psaníčko

English title

The Inquisitive Letter

English parallel title

The Curious Letter

Working title

Psaníčko

Cast

Hugo Fráňa

chlapec Jan Lukáš

Václav Babka

lepič plakátů

Crew and creators

Director

Hermína Týrlová (loutková část), Josef Pinkava (hraná část)

Director of Photography

Antonín Horák

Sound Designer

František Strangmüller, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)

Animation

Jan Dudešek

Production Manager

Dušan Schaffer

Music

Music Composed by

Zdeněk Liška

Production info

Original Title

Zvědavé psaníčko

Czech Title

Zvědavé psaníčko

English Title

The Inquisitive Letter

English Parallel Title

The Curious Letter

Working Title

Psaníčko

Category

film

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Genre

fairytale

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1961

Production Year

1961

Production specifications

projection approval 1961
withdrawal from distribution 15 August 1974

Premiere

premiere 10 November 1961 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 17 November 1961 /suitable for youths/ (kino Mladých /1 týden/, Dalibor /1 týden od 24. 11./ a Belvedere /1 týden od 15. 12./, Praha)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

20 min

Original length in metres

564 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Animation technique

puppet, combined (technique), feature

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