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The Hour of Blue Elephants (1971) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 15, 1971

Original Title:
Hodina modrých slonů

Alternate Titles:
Hodina modrých slonov
L'ora degli elefanti blu

Genres:
Family | Fantasy

Production Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov
Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava

Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 69

Overview from TheMovieDB

Two days before Christmas. Zuzanka and Tomás, friends from a kindergarten wander off during a walk. They admire toys and decoration in shop-windows. Zuzanka shall receive a sledge as a Christmas present and Tomás even a desired little brother. At a shooting gallery Tomás aims at a target on the trunk of a blue elephant which can call in Christmas. The impatient Zuzanka pushes to her friend and he shoots directly to the elephant's red eye. Things which the owner of the shooting gallery warned about happened: the sun popped on the sky, the snow melted and all Christmas shopping has stopped. Both pushful children decide to get a new eye for the elephant so that everything can be set right.

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Production

Assistant Camera:
Jozef Košťál
Vladimír Reichbauer

Assistant Director:
Ivan Frič

Assistant Production Manager:
Eva Charvátová

Book:
Ota Hofman

Camera Operator:
Ivan Puťora

Conductor:
Štěpán Koníček

Costume Design:
Zdeněk Rozkopal

Costumer:
Božena Světlá
Jaroslava Adámková

Creative Producer:
Ján Beer
Ota Hofman

Director:
Zdeněk Rozkopal
Radim Cvrček

Director of Photography:
Jiří Kolín

Dramaturgy:
Milan Šimek
Ján Beer

Editor:
Zdeněk Stehlík

Executive Producer:
Erich Švabík

First Assistant Director:
Júlia Gregorová

Lyricist:
Hana Čiháková

Makeup & Hair:
Marie Machová
Rudolf Buneš

Original Music Composer:
Harry Macourek

Production Design:
Ivan Kot

Production Manager:
Václav Rouha
Ladislav Ondreička

Screenplay:
Ota Hofman

Script:
Anna Pokorná

Set Decoration:
Ivo Jokl
Josef Calta

Sound:
Pavel Jelínek

Sound Effects:
Bohumír Brunclík

Special Effects:
Vladimír Dvořák
Milan Nejedlý
Bohuslav Šrámek
Jiří Šimůnek

Unit Production Manager:
Gejza Nagy
Zdeňka Černá
Blažej Vráb
Július Novák

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