Other Studios: K: Krátký Film Praha: A Place In The Sun

A Place In The Sun

• Krátký Film Praha

• Distributed by:

   Go Pictures (U.S.), George K. Arthur (U.S.)

• Cartoon Characters:

   Two Creatures.

• Directed By

   Frantisek Vystrecil.

• Produced By

   Frantisek Vystrecil.

• Awards:

   Academy Award Nominee, Best Short Subject (Cartoon), 1961.
  Prominent Prize, Annecy, 1960.
  Second Prize, Montevideo, 1960.
  Prize of Industrial Unions, Oberhausen, 1960.
  Second Prize in Category of Animated Films, Mexico City, 1961.
  Grand Prix of Jury in Category of Animated Films, Cannes, 1962.
  CIDALC Prize (Prize of National Federation of Film Clubs), Bilbao, 1963.

• Originally Released in 1960 (Estimate).

• Originally Released Theatrically.

• Running Time:

   5 minutes.

• Color

• Czechoslovakia

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Cartoon Summary:

With the maximum possible number of generalizations, this film wittily parodies human envy and covetousness by focusing on two creatures fighting for their place...  (more)

Cartoon Production Information:

English Titles: "A Place In The Sun" and "The Place In The Sun."

Considered a classic work in both Czech and international animated cinematography, this influenced a number of animated pictures at the beginning of the 1960s.