Story of the Bass Cello (1949)

Genre : Animation, Fantasy

Runtime : 13M

Director : Jiří Trnka
Writer : Jiří Trnka

Synopsis

"Román s basou" is another short by master a stop-motion puppet-animator Jiri Trnka. The story is based on Anton Chekhovs story "Roman s Kontrabasom". Princess Bibulova decides to go fishing along the river while not far away a bass player leaves his two companions to go for a swim.

Actors

Jan Pivec
Jan Pivec
Narrator (voice)

Crews

Jiří Trnka
Jiří Trnka
Director
Zdnek Hrabé
Zdnek Hrabé
Animation
Jan Karpaš
Jan Karpaš
Animation
Stanislav Látal
Stanislav Látal
Animation
Břetislav Pojar
Břetislav Pojar
Animation
Bohuslav Šrámek
Bohuslav Šrámek
Animation
Jiří Trnka
Jiří Trnka
Screenplay
Jiří Trnka
Jiří Trnka
Story
Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
Short Story
Emanuel Franek
Emanuel Franek
Director of Photography
Ludvík Hájek
Ludvík Hájek
Director of Photography
Jiří Trnka
Jiří Trnka
Art Direction
Helena Lebdušková
Helena Lebdušková
Editor
Bohumír Buriánek
Bohumír Buriánek
Production Manager
Václav Trojan
Václav Trojan
Original Music Composer
Vladimír Janovský
Vladimír Janovský
Assistant Production Manager
Václav Trojan
Václav Trojan
Music

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