The Mole and the Car

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The Mole and the Car (1963)

Directed by Zdeněk Miler

Animation, Family, Comedy · 15m

Krtek finds a broken toy car a child has discarded, and slowly puts it back together. There is a level of moral instruction to this: as the little mole carefully repairs the toy, children are cautioned about the wastefulness of city life and mass consumption, but also encouraged to learn how things work. The automobiles function as an allegory for the larger mechanized world, and how it is at odds with the natural one

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Crew

Director
Zdeněk Miler
Screenplay
Zdeněk Miler
Director of Photography
Ivan Masník
Editor
Marta Látalová

Details

Original title
Krtek a autíčko
Release date
1963-01-01
Runtime
15m
Genres
Animation, Family, Comedy
Original language
CS
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
Czechoslovakia