0000 Czechoslovakia film
Inspirace Directed by Karel Zeman Written by Karel Zeman Starring Karel Zeman Cinematography Antonin Horak Edited by Zdenek Stehlik Music by Zdenek Liska Release date
January 1, 1949 (January 1, 1949 )
Running time
10 minutes Country Czechoslovakia Language Czech
Inspiration (Czech : Inspirace ) is a 1949 Czechoslovakian animated [ 1] short film directed by Karel Zeman .[ 2] It is a wordless stop-motion film made using glass figurines . The characters in the film are stock characters from Italian commedia dell'arte .[ 3]
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
^ Holman, Loyd Bruce (1975). Puppet Animation in the Cinema: History and Technique . A. S. Barnes. pp. 58, 85. ISBN 978-0-498-01385-0 .
^ Karel Zeman Museum, "Filmography" , MuzeumKarlaZemana.cz , archived from the original on 2 February 2015, retrieved 3 February 2015
^ Adventures of Sindbad the Sailor , WorldCat , 8 November 2011, ISBN 9781590174661 , OCLC 71626640