Adi the Racoon

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1931

Production year

1931

Runtime

4 min

Director

Georg Woelz

Category

film

Genre

promotional

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Adí, medvídek mýval

Czech title

Adí, medvídek mýval

English title

Adi the Racoon

Parallel title

Adi der Waschbär / Adí, medvedík mýval

Summary

A commercial promoting the washing powder Radion. Its title character is a racoon using the washing powder to wash dirty laundry for the big bears.

Note

The Slovak distribution title of the film originates from its surviving copy. The commercial for the Czechoslovak-based Schicht company (Jiří Schicht a. s.) was filmed abroad.

Crew and creators

Director

Georg Woelz

Art Director

Georg Woelz

Production info

Original Title

Adí, medvídek mýval

Czech Title

Adí, medvídek mýval

English Title

Adi the Racoon

Parallel Title

Adi der Waschbär / Adí, medvedík mýval

Category

film

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Genre

promotional

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1931

Production Year

1931

Production specifications

date of censorship 04/1931 (verze 145 metrů)
date of censorship 07/1936 (obnovené uvedení /verze 115 metrů/)

Premiere

premiere 04/1934 /suitable for youths/

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

4 min

Original length in metres

145 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Animation technique

cartoon, cut-out, combined (technique)

Aspect ratio

1:1,33

Colour

tinting, black & white

Sound

silent

Versions

Czech, German, Slovak, Hungarian

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, German

Opening/End credits languages

Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, German