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Pomlouvaci

3 minutes, 35 mm, colour, 1967
Puppet animation
Audience: adults
Commentary: none

Producer: KF a.s. - Jiri Trnka Studio
Director: Josef Kluge
Designer: Hana Stepankova


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A short showing how gossip and faking can destroy even the most firm feelings between two people. The story is told in a most monumental but general manner.

Awards: The main prize - "Silver Dragon" - Cracow 1968

All films directed by Josef Kluge:
The Adventure of the Magic StickThe BackbitersBeware of the BearThe Brave PrincessBudulinek MandelinkaCheersExpedition to HrusiceThe Fairy Tale about Kokes the GoatGrandmother Tells a Fairy TaleHow Herod RecoveredHow Mike the Cat Saved BobesLazy JohnnyLysaj's DreamThe Magpie ThiefMike The Cat - A HeroMike The Cat and His Magic StickMike The Cat and the CircusMike The Cat at a FairMike The Cat at HomeMike The Cat Gets LostMike The Cat Learns to SpeakMike The Cat Picks PearsMike The Cat Practises SorceryMike The Cat Tells a Fairy-TaleThe Mysterious Tom-CatNacicek Goes ShoppingOn a Shooting StandThe Organ-Grinder's Fairy TalePepik the PainterScary Mike The CatSultan the DetectiveSurprise in HrusiceTarnationTo Hunt a ChamoisThe TrophyThe Wet HalaliWhat Uncle Malinovsky SaidWorries About GrannyXantipa and Socrates

All films designed by Hana Stepankova:
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