The Duties of Life

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1934

Production year

1934

Runtime

5 min

Category

film

Genre

promotional

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Film state

lost film

Original title

Životní povinnost

Czech title

Životní povinnost

English title

The Duties of Life

Parallel title

Dnes a zítra

Summary

A commercial promoting Sorela hair products.

Note

According to information provided by the censorship files, the producer of the commercial entitled Today and Tomorrow abbreviated it upon the request of the advertising company. The commercial then received a new title and passed the censorship proceedings under the new title The Duties of Life. The Bulletin of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Interior registers it within the list of films censored in January 1935. In the literature and in the press, however, still states it under the title Today and Tomorrow. The film materials are believed lost.

Cast

Crew and creators

Music

Music Composed by

Bedřich Kerten

Production info

Original Title

Životní povinnost

Czech Title

Životní povinnost

English Title

The Duties of Life

Parallel Title

Dnes a zítra

Category

film

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Film state

lost film

Genre

promotional

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1934

Production Year

1934

Production specifications

date of censorship 8 January 1935

Premiere

premiere 01/1935 /suitable for youths/

Production

IRE-Film

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

IRE-Film

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

5 min

Original length in metres

125 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Animation technique

cartoon, combined (technique), feature

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech