Self Defense... for Cowards (1962)
- Directed by
- Gene Deitch
- Genre
- animation, comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 9 min
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An animated short shows a cowardly character learning humorous and exaggerated self-defense techniques. The film parodies the idea of training to become brave through absurd lessons.
educationalsatiricallightheartedwhimsicaldry humorcartoonishinstructionalironic
What happens
Self Defense… for Cowards ist ein in US-amerikanischer und tschechoslowakischer Co-Produktion entstandener, animierter Kurzfilm von Gene Deitch aus dem Jahr 1962. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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