A Doctor's Fairy Tale
Doktorska pohadka
16 minutes, 35 mm, colour, 1963
Classical cartoon animation
Audience: children
Commentary: off screen

Producer: KF a.s. - Studio Bratri v triku
Director: Eduard Hofman
Designer: Josef Capek

A story from Karel Capek's " Nine Fairy Tales" made into a cartoon by using original illustrations by Josef Capek. It is a charming humorous story about a Czech lumberjack who heals the Suleiman princess, about the simple fact that sunlight and fresh air are the best medicines and also about nymphs and nixes who only live in fairy tales.

All films directed by Eduard Hofman:
About a Stuck-up Night-gown • About the Dolly That Cried With Her Shrill Voice • Angelic Coat • A Doctor's Fairy Tale • The Dog's Fairy-tale • How the Cat and the Dog Washed the Floor • How the Cat and the Dog Wrote a Letter • How the Dog And the Cat Baked a Cake • How the Doggie Tore His Trousers • How the World Is Organised • My Dozen Fathers • Nursery Rhymes • The Robber's Fairy Tale • The Wanderer's Fairy-tale • The Water Sprite's Fairy-tale

All films designed by Josef Capek:
About a Stuck-up Night-gown • About the Dolly That Cried With Her Shrill Voice • A Doctor's Fairy Tale • The Dog's Fairy-tale • How the Cat and the Dog Washed the Floor • How the Cat and the Dog Wrote a Letter • How the Dog And the Cat Baked a Cake • How the Doggie Tore His Trousers • How the World Is Organised • The Robber's Fairy Tale

 

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