Inspiration (1949 film)
Inspirace | |
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Directed by | Karel Zeman |
Written by | Karel Zeman |
Starring | Karel Zeman |
Cinematography | Antonin Horak |
Edited by | Zdenek Stehlik |
Music by | Zdenek Liska |
Release date |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
Country | Czechoslovakia |
Language | Czech |
Inspiration (Czech: Inspirace) is a 1949 Czechoslovakian animated short film directed by Karel Zeman.[1] It is a wordless stop-motion film made using glass figurines. The characters in the film are stock characters from Italian commedia dell'arte.[2]
Plot synopsis
An unnamed man, implied to be an artist, is looking at a drop of water by his window. In it, he sees the clown Pierrot being spurned by his beloved Columbine, who is riding in a horse-drawn carriage.
References
Categories:
- 1949 films
- 1949 animated films
- 1949 short films
- Czechoslovak short films
- 1940s stop-motion animated films
- 1940s animated short films
- Czechoslovak animated short films
- Films directed by Karel Zeman
- Czech animated films
- Czech films
- Czech short films
- Films about clowns
- Films with screenplays by Karel Zeman
- Commedia dell'arte
- Czech film stubs
- Short animated film stubs