About Master Hanus (1976)

Original title

O Mistru Hanušovi

Directed by

Garik Seko

Genre

short film, animated film, family film, puppet film, historical film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

13 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short puppet film tells the old legend of Master Hanus, who built the famous astronomical clock in Prague's Old Town. After the clock first runs in 1490, the town councilors blind the master, and he stops the clock for centuries.

fairy-talemelancholicwistfulslowhistoricalwhimsicalbittersweet

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