The Magic Pencil
Category
filmGenre
promotionalTypology
animatedtheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
Kouzelná tužkaCzech title
Kouzelná tužkaEnglish title
The Magic PencilParallel title
Der ZauberbleiSummary
A commercial promoting products from the Koh-i-noor company, whose factory based in the Czech town of České Budějovice produces Hardtmuth pencils.
Synopsis
A pencil draws a man and a lion, subsequently adding iron bars around the animal. The man is fighting with the lion. The cat first devours the man and then spits him out. An elephant appears - the image known from the Koh-i-noor erasing rubber - and performs some acrobatics. The rubber with the elephant erases the picture of the lion and the pencil scribbles over the man's figure.
Note
The commercial for the Koh-i-noor company, based in the Czech town of České Budějovice, was filmed abroad.
Photos
Crew and creators
Director
Production info
Original Title
Kouzelná tužka
Czech Title
Kouzelná tužka
English Title
The Magic Pencil
Parallel Title
Der Zauberblei
Category
film
Typology
animatedtheatrical distribution
Genre
promotional
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1925
Production Year
1925
Production specifications
date of censorship (nepředloženo cenzuře)
Premiere
premiere (neproběhla)
Production
Deulig Film Berlín, Koh-i-noor České Budějovice (zadavatel)
Copyright Holders
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
4 min
Original length in metres
90 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Animation technique
cartoon
Aspect ratio
1:1,33
Colour
black & white
Sound
silent
Versions
Czech, German
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
German
Opening/End credits languages
German
