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The Giraffe in the Window (1968) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 22, 1968

Original Title:
Žirafa v okně

Alternate Titles:
Hledá se Jirka
Vězeň

Genres:
Family

Production Companies:
Krátký film Praha – Filmové studio Gottwaldov

Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 73

Overview from TheMovieDB

Thieves Svarc and Cihák are interrupted in their robbery of a jeweler's store. In order to disappear as quickly as possible, they jump into the nearest car and leave, finding on the way that a little boy named Jirka, son of the car's owner, is with them. They take him to a cottage where Cihák's eighteen-year old daughter Milena attends to him. Jirka first treats Milena with hostility, but as days pass, the "prisoner" and the "guard" become close. Milena cooks for the boy and takes care of him, but nothing can intimidate the dauntless Jirka and he seeks for the first opportunity to escape.

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Production

Assistant Director:
Vlasta Sklenářová

Camera Operator:
Arne Parduba

Conductor:
Štěpán Koníček

Costume Design:
Naďa Škapová

Director:
Radim Cvrček

Director of Photography:
Karel Kopecký

Dramaturgy:
Jiří Blažek

Editor:
Antonín Štrojsa

First Assistant Director:
Zdeněk Zydroň

Makeup & Hair:
Karel Marek
Libuše Barlová

Original Music Composer:
Harry Macourek

Production Design:
Zdeněk Rozkopal

Production Manager:
Dušan Schaffer

Screenplay:
Milan Šimek
Radim Cvrček

Sound:
Radomír Koutek

Story:
Milan Šimek
Radim Cvrček

Unit Production Manager:
Vojtěch Kunčík

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