An Autumn Song
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1937Production year
1937Runtime
2 minCategory
filmGenre
promotionalTypology
animatedtheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
Píseň podzimuCzech title
Píseň podzimuEnglish title
An Autumn SongSummary
A commercial promoting fabrics and haberdashery from the Prokop a Čáp [Procopius and Stork] Czech company.
Synopsis
Old pages from a tear-off calendar fall on the floor and turn into tree leaves, which take on patterns of autumn fabrics without losing their shape. The leaves draw aside and form a double file where each leaf stands next to a thimble. Dressmaker's tape measures and pins then take their positions alongside the edges to frame the picture. The thimbles draw aside, too, and the procession of haberdashery comes to walk through the lane: the spools of thread, pincushions, buttons, vine leaves bearing various fabric patterns, tailor's scissors, and so on. Subsequently, there appears a book of fabric patterns. The individual patterns start spinning and a vine leaf lies on the last one. The individual fabrics then form a pyramid. We can see a sculpture of St Procopius and a stork on a table, while the latter has scissors instead of a beak. The stork begins cutting the fabric, which eventually forms the sign "Prokop and Čáp [Procopius and Stork] ".
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Production info
Original Title
Píseň podzimu
Czech Title
Píseň podzimu
English Title
An Autumn Song
Category
film
Typology
animatedtheatrical distribution
Genre
promotional
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1937
Production Year
1937
Production specifications
date of censorship 6 October 1937
Premiere
premiere 10/1937 /suitable for youths/
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Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
2 min
Original length in metres
55 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Animation technique
puppet, combined (technique), special effects
Aspect ratio
1:1,19
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
