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The Queen of the Waves (1936)

Directed by Irena Dodalová, Karel Dodal

Animation, Documentary · 15m

An animated short film that explains in a pedagogical way how the radio transmission works. Created by Czech filmmakers it was commissioned by Argentina Schools. The film tells the story of Curious, an extraterrestrial child that reaches the planet earth attracted by the sound waves. There he meets the Queen of Waves, an ethereal figure who teaches her step by step the process by which sound is captured, amplified, modulated and transformed into electromagnetic vibrations to be transmitted by a radial antenna.

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Cast

J
Josef Skupa Hurvínek aka Všudybyl (voice)
A
Anna Kreuzmannová Queen of the Radio Waves (voice)
F
František Havel Radio Announcer (voice)

Crew

Director
Irena Dodalová, Karel Dodal
Screenplay
Irena Dodalová, Karel Dodal
Original Music Composer
Jaroslav Ježek

Details

Original title
Všudybylovo dobrodružství
Release date
1936-06-17
Runtime
15m
Genres
Animation, Documentary
Original language
CS
Spoken languages
Czech
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Production
IRE-Film