Ferda in Captivity

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1977

Production year

1977

Premiere

26 January 1979

Runtime

11 min

Category

film

Genre

fairytale

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Ferda v cizích službách

Czech title

Ferda v cizích službách

English title

Ferda in Captivity

English parallel title

Ferda the Ant in the Foreign Service

Working title

Ferda Mravenec II.

Crew and creators

Based on

Ondřej Sekora (Ferda Mravenec v cizích službách – kniha)

Director of Photography

Antonín Horák

Art Director

Ludvík Kadleček, Ondřej Sekora (původní knižní ilustrace)

Set Designer

Marie Smržová

Sound Designer

Radomír Koutek

Production Manager

Antonín Duchtík

Music

Music Composed by

Zdeněk Liška

Production info

Original Title

Ferda v cizích službách

Czech Title

Ferda v cizích službách

English Title

Ferda in Captivity

English Parallel Title

Ferda the Ant in the Foreign Service

Working Title

Ferda Mravenec II.

Category

film

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Genre

fairytale

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1977

Production Year

1977

Production specifications

withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1986

Premiere

premiere 26 January 1979 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

11 min

Original length in metres

285 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Animation technique

puppet, semi-plastic, combined (technique)

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