Springman and the SS
| Springman and the SS | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jiří Trnka Jiří Brdečka |
| Written by | Ota Šafránek (story) Jiří Brdečka Jiří Trnka |
| Cinematography | Vladimír Novotný |
| Music by | Jan Rychlík |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Státní půjčovna filmů |
Release date |
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Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
Springman and the SS (Czech: Pérák a SS) is a 1946 Czechoslovak superhero animated short film directed by Jiří Trnka featuring Pérák, the Spring Man of Prague. The film is also known as The Chimney Sweep in the United States.[1] The film competed at 1946 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
[edit | edit source]A chimney sweep disguises as a Spring-heeled Jack-like figure during the Nazi occupation. The heroic and mischievous black-clad "Springer", with a mask fashioned out of a sock and defying the curfew, is capable of performing fantastic leaps due to having couch springs attached to his shoes. He taunts the occupying German army sentries and the Gestapo before escaping in a surrealistic, slapstick chase across the darkened city.
Cultural impact
[edit | edit source]Trnka's postwar interpretation of Pérák as a quasi-superhero formed the basis for sporadic revivals of the character in Czech science fiction and comic book stories.
Home release
[edit | edit source]Pérák a SS is featured in a DVD anthology of World War II propaganda cartoons, Cartoons for Victory, which was released on 2 May 2006.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]External links
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- The short film Springman and the SS is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
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- 1946 films
- 1940s animated superhero films
- 1940s superhero comedy films
- Czechoslovak animated short films
- Films directed by Jiří Trnka
- Czech animated short films
- Works about chimney sweeps
- Czech resistance to Nazi occupation in film
- Czech war films
- Czech superhero films
- Films based on urban legends
- Czechoslovak black-and-white films
- Films directed by Jiří Brdečka
- Films with screenplays by Jiří Brdečka
- Czech World War II films
- Czechoslovak World War II films
- 1940s Czech films
- 1946 animated short films
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