The Sea, Uncle, Why Is It Salty?

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2006

Production year

2005

Premiere

23 February 2006

Runtime

18 min

Director

Jan Balej

Category

povídka

Genre

short-story, family

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Moře, strýčku, proč je slané?

Czech title

Moře, strýčku, proč je slané?

English title

The Sea, Uncle, Why Is It Salty?

Summary

A fairy tale about two brothers and a magical mill which the poorer of the two brothers got from Lucifer himself when the rich brother told him go to hell.

Crew and creators

Director

Jan Balej

Screenplay

Jan Balej

Shooting Script

Jan Balej

Director of Photography

Miloslav Špála

Art Director

Jan Balej

Sound Designer

Marek Musil

Production Manager

Viktor Mayer

Cooperation

Emiko Yonedaová, Patricia Ortiz Martinezová, Ervín Sanders

Production info

Original Title

Moře, strýčku, proč je slané?

Czech Title

Moře, strýčku, proč je slané?

English Title

The Sea, Uncle, Why Is It Salty?

Category

povídka

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Genre

short-story, family

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2006

Production Year

2005

Premiere

gala premiere 22 February 2006 (kino Lucerna, Praha)
distribution premiere 23 February 2006 /suitable for all ages/

Distribution slogan

A fairytale is never enough. And what's more, these aren't just any old fairytale.

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

18 min

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,85

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Digital

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech