Kutsu-Juku seiklusi
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Adventure of the puppy dog Juku |
| Original title | Kutsu-Juku seiklusi |
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| Country of production | Estonia |
| original language | Estonian |
| Publishing year | 1931 |
| length | 6 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Voldemar Päts |
| script | Voldemar Päts |
| production | Aleksander Teppor , Elmar Janimägi |
| camera | Aleksander Teppor |
| cut | Aleksander Teppor |
Kutsu-Juku seiklusi (German adventure of the little dog Juku ) is the title of what is probably the first Estonian cartoon . The premiere of the film took place on April 17, 1931 at the Modern Cinema in Tallinn (according to other sources on April 30, 1931).
action
The little dog Juku rides a pig, fights with a frog and a cow, and then travels to Hell, where he meets a dancing skeleton and a fire-breathing dragon. The subtitles between the episodes are in Estonian .
Overall, the film is a " floppy-eared grotesque with an unmistakable Mickey appeal." Individual motifs, especially the dancing skeleton, can also be seen in one of the first Walt Disney films ( The Skeleton Dance , August 1929).
Manufacturing
The Estonian film pioneer Voldemar Päts (1878–1958) wrote the screenplay and directed. The cartoon was technically very experimental. Production management was in the hands of Aleksander Teppor , the draftsman was Elmar Janimägi (1907–1937). The film was originally scheduled to be released in cinemas for Christmas 1930. However, production was delayed.
About 5,000 drawings were produced for the film in the production studio Eesti Joonisfilm (“Estonian drawing film”) by Aleksander Teppor in downtown Tallinn. The length of the film was about 180 meters, of which one hundred meters was found in Tartu in 1986 . They were restored in 2001 with the support of the Estonian Film Foundation ( Eesti Filmi Sihtasutus ). The length of the restored version is four minutes, about two minutes shorter than the original version.
The music for the black and white silent film was distributed on records from the stock company Tormolen Co. Parlophon , which were probably made in Berlin . They are no longer preserved.
A planned second film with the adventures of the puppy Juku was not completed. The drafts have not survived.
Web links
- Kutsu-Juku seiklusi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film excerpt ( WMV ; 4.3 MB)
- Jaak Lõhmus: Predecessors of Little Peter, young pensioner, soon to be fifty