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Springman and the SS (1946)

14m

Running Time

December 20, 1946
Release Date

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Springman and the SS (1946)

Name: Springman and the SS
Genre: Animation, Comedy, War & Politics
Released: 1946-12-20

14m

Running Time

December 20, 1946
Release Date

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Plot.

The first animated picture made by Jiří Trnka for adults. It is a comic story of a legendary chimney-cleaner who, with the help of a spring from an old lounge-chair, became the terror of the Prague-occupying SS troops in World War II.

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Cast & Crew.

Jiří Trnka

Director / Screenplay / Art Designer / Supervising Art Director

Ota Šafránek

Story

Milivoj Uzelac

Conductor

Stanislav Látal

Animation

Zdeněk Miler

Animation

Eduard Hofman

Writer

Emanuel Formánek

Sound

Josef Kábrt

Animation

Karel Mann

Animation

Karel Štrebl

Animation

Čeněk Duba

Animation

Jiří Brdečka

Screenplay

Vladimír Novotný

Director of Photography

Miloslav Krejčí

Animation

Jaroslav Jílovec

Production Manager

Bohuslav Šrámek

Animation

Jan Rychlík

Original Music Composer

Details.

Release Date
December 20, 1946

Original Name
Pérák a SS

Status
Released

Running Time
14m

Genres
Animation Comedy War & Politics

Last updated: 2025-02-12

This Movie Is About.

world war ii

Wiki.

Springman and the SS (Czech: Pérák a SS) is a 1946 Czechoslovak 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. The film competed at 1946 Cannes Film Festival.