The Treasure of Bird Island

The Treasure of Bird Island
Poster
Directed by	Karel Zeman
Screenplay by	František Hrubín E. F. Misek Karel Zeman
Cinematography	Antonín Horák
Edited by	Zdenek Stehlík
Music by	Zdeněk Liška
Production company	Československý Státní Film
Release date	27 March 1953 (1953-03-27)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

The Treasure of Bird Island (Czech: Poklad ptačího ostrova) is a 1953 Czechoslovak animated film directed by Karel Zeman in his feature length debut.

The film, based on a Persian fairy tale, was Zeman's first feature-length work.[1] The soundtrack includes verses by František Hrubín, read by children, as well as an original film score by Zdeněk Liška.[1]

The film's style is an experiment in combining two- and three-dimensional animation,[2] including hand-drawn backgrounds and figures animated in relief.[1] The production design is based on the traditional manuscript-illustration style of Persian miniatures.[3]

References

1. Hames, Peter (2009), Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 196, ISBN 9780748620814
2. Sadoul, Georges (1972), Dictionary of Film Makers, Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 286, ISBN 0520018648
3. Czech Center, New York (2001), "The Treasure of Bird Island", A Ship With Painted Sails: The Fabulous Animation Of Karel Zeman, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, retrieved 7 February 2015

External links

• The Treasure of Bird Island at IMDb