Section: Retrospective

RUKA

THE HAND

Jiří Trnka

Czechoslovakia, 1965, 17 Min

Národní filmový archiv

An average citizen finds his private life being disrupted by an omnipresent, oversized hand.

At the time of its making, this allegory on the overpowering might of totalitarianism was vilified by the authorities, who sensed its criticism of the personality cult. The sombre tone is a striking departure from the otherwise more lighthearted mood of this director’s work.

Filmformat
35mm | Farbe / colour

Drehbuch
Jiří Trnka

Kamera
Jiří Šafář

Schnitt
Hana Walachová

Musik
Václav Trojan

Kontakt
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Jiří Trnka - born 1912 in Plzeň, died 1969 in Prague. After studying art in Prague, he worked as a set-builder, sculptor, painter, graphic artist and illustrator of children’s books. He importantly contributed to the growing reputation of Czech animated film, and was celebrated as the “Walt Disney of the East” by American film critics.

Movies
ZASADIL DĚDEK ŘEPU (1945, short, animation)
ZVÍRÁTKA A PETROVSTÍ (1946, short)
PÉRÁK A SS (1946, short)
DÁREK (1946, short, animation)
ŠPALÍČEK (1947, animation)
ROMÁN S BASOU (1949, short, animation)
ČERTŮV MLÝN (1949, short, animation)
ARIE PRERIE (1949, short, animation)
BAJAJA (1950)
O ZLATÉ RYBCE (1951, animation)
DVA MRAZÍCI (1953, short, animation)
STARÉ POVEŠTI ČESKÉ (1953, animation)
CÍSAŘŮV SLAVÍK (1955, animation)
OSUDY DOBRÉHO VOJÁKA ŠVEJKA (1955, short)
SEN NOCI SVATOJÁNSKÉ (1959, animation)
VÁSEN (1962)
KYBERNETICKÁ BABIČKA (1962, short, animation)
ARCHANDEL GABRIEL A PANÍ HUSA (1964, short, animation)

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