Wedding in the Coral Sea

Wedding in the Coral Sea
Directed byJiří Brdečka
Jaroslav Kándl
Eduard Hofman
Břetislav Pojar
Václav Bedřich
Stanislav Látal
Jaroslav Doubrava
Josef Kluge
Written byHorst von Möllendorff
Produced byZdeněk Reimann
CinematographyVladimír Novotný
Music byJulius Kalaš
Production
company
Prag-Film
Distributed byStátní půjčovna filmů
Release date
  • November 3, 1944 (1944-11-03)
Running time
11 minutes
CountriesProtectorate Bohemia and Moravia

Wedding in the Coral Sea (Czech: Svatba v korálovém moři; German: Hochzeit im Korallenmeer) is a 1944 Czech animated short film. It was written, animated and directed by a group of Czech cartoonists including Jiří Brdečka, Břetislav Pojar, Stanislav Látal and Jaroslav Doubrava in German-occupied Prague in the "Ateliér filmových triků" (AFIT) studio.[1]

Plot

The plot involves the creatures of the sea preparing for the wedding of two fish. When the fish bride is kidnapped by an octopus all the sea creatures must team up to defeat him and rescue the bride.

Production

German cartoonist Horst von Möllendorff was appointed as an official director, while his role in the making of the film was in fact minimal.[2] The film was shot on Agfacolor film material.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Krátký film dětem". Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  2. ^ "Schatten des Krieges" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-09-12.