How to Catch a Mammoth

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1982

Production year

1982

Premiere

1 June 1983

Runtime

11 min

Category

film

Genre

slapstick, fairytale

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Jak ulovit mamuta

Czech title

Jak ulovit mamuta

English title

How to Catch a Mammoth

Working title

Mamut

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Milan Pavlík

Screenplay

Milan Pavlík

Dramaturg

Milan Šimek

Director of Photography

Antonín Horák

Camera Operator

Josef Kocián

Art Director

Pravoslav Rada

Sound Designer

Radomír Koutek

Production Manager

Karel Hutěčka

Music

Music Composed by

Jiří Kolafa

Production info

Original Title

Jak ulovit mamuta

Czech Title

Jak ulovit mamuta

English Title

How to Catch a Mammoth

Working Title

Mamut

Category

film

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Genre

slapstick, fairytale

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1982

Production Year

1982

Production specifications

withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1995

Premiere

premiere 1 June 1983 /suitable for youths/

Distribution slogan

no caption

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

11 min

Original length in metres

315 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Animation technique

puppet, plasticine

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

Awards

Vítěz

Festival: 6. mezinárodní festival krátkých filmů Bucaramanga

1983
Bucaramanga / Colombia

Vítěz

Festival: 22. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov

1982
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Ludvík Kadleček