A Fairy Tale about a Melancholic King
Category
filmGenre
promotionalTypology
animatedtheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
Pohádka o melancholickém králiCzech title
Pohádka o melancholickém králiEnglish title
A Fairy Tale about a Melancholic KingSummary
A commercial promoting Sana margarine.
Synopsis
A king is unwell. His physicians give him some medicine, which he does not like and spits it out. The court cook, too, falls to the king's disfavour. He regains the king's affection only when he prepares meals with the margarine, Sana. The king's appetite is back and he feels healthy again. He summons the cook who, however, gives all the merit to the margarine. The king then personally crowns Sana "the queen of margarine".
Note
Filming the commercial employed the colour Gasparcolor system. The commercial for the Czechoslovak-based company was filmed abroad.
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Crew and creators
Director
Production info
Original Title
Pohádka o melancholickém králi
Czech Title
Pohádka o melancholickém králi
English Title
A Fairy Tale about a Melancholic King
Category
film
Typology
animatedtheatrical distribution
Genre
promotional
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1934
Production Year
1934
Production specifications
date of censorship 17 October 1934
Premiere
premiere 10/1934 /suitable for youths/
Production
Pál studio Paříž, Sana Praha (zadavatel)
Copyright Holders
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
4 min
Original length in metres
120 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Animation technique
cartoon
Aspect ratio
1:1,19
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
