Inspiration (1949)

Original title

Inspirace

Directed by

Karel Zeman

Genre

short film, animated film, talk show, puppet film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

11 min

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Glass figurines come to life in a stop-motion short. They act out scenes inspired by Italian commedia dell'arte stock characters, without any dialogue.

whimsicaldreamlikedelicatewordlessgracefulstylizedplayfulquiet

What happens

Inspiration (Czech: Inspirace) is a 1949 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Karel Zeman. It is a wordless stop-motion film made using glass figurines. The characters in the film are stock characters from Italian commedia dell'arte. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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