The Sword

Mec

5 minutes, 35 mm, colour, 1967
Cut-out animation
Audience: adults
Commentary: none

Producer: KF a.s. - Jiri Trnka Studio
Director: Ivan Renc
Designer: Miroslav Stepanek

At the very beginning of the film the sword moves down off-screen and all that can be seen is the decorated hilt of the sword. Eventually it changes to a sculpture, a cornerstone, a fish and many other objects depending on who comes across it. At the very end of the film we find out that the sword is stuck in the belly of a dead man. The allegory on ignorance of people who enjoy their life to those who are suffering or dying at the very same instant.

Awards: CIDALC Honourable mention - Cracow 1968

All films directed by Ivan Renc:
Dalibor's Tower • Indian Princess • Jerusalem Street • The Lighthouse Keeper • The Magician • Puppet, Man's Best Friend • The Sword • The Town In Black • The Tree and High Branch • The Tree and the Fence • The Tree and the Hen-pigeon • The Tree and the Little Donkey • The Tree and the Road • The Tree and the Well • The Tree and the Wind

All films designed by Miroslav Stepanek:
(About the) Thick Fog • (About) Mice In Tinfoil • And Don't Tell Me, Wendy • Animal Lover • The Apple Maiden • Billy the Tough And His Amazingly Strong Lasso • Billy the Tough And the Cheeky Hares • Billy the Tough And the Giant Mosquitoes • Black and White • Cats' School • Elahw the Whale • Forty Grandfathers • Hello, Kohlrabi • Hold Your Hat • How the Bears Went Swimming • How They Ate The Soup Of Wit • How They Met At Kolin • How They Went to Bed • How to Catch a Tiger • Misbehaving • On A Cat's Word • Painting Is For the Cats • The Panther Who Smelt Good • Princesses Are Not To Be Sniffed At • The Revenge • The Shooting Gallery • The Sword • The Town In Black • What the Rain Worm Did Not Have Any Idea About • What Went Bang?