The Hour of Blue Elephants 1971
7.5 / 10
The Hour of Blue Elephants
Two days before Christmas. Zuzanka and Tomás, friends from a kindergarten wander off during a walk. They admire toys and decoration in shop-windows. Zuzanka shall receive a sledge as a Christmas present and Tomás even a desired little brother. At a shooting gallery Tomás aims at a target on the trunk of a blue elephant which can call in Christmas. The impatient Zuzanka pushes to her friend and he shoots directly to the elephant's red eye. Things which the owner of the shooting gallery warned about happened: the sun popped on the sky, the snow melted and all Christmas shopping has stopped. Both pushful children decide to get a new eye for the elephant so that everything can be set right.
Two days before Christmas. Zuzanka and Tomás, friends from a kindergarten wander off during a walk. They admire toys and decoration in shop-windows. Zuzanka shall receive a sledge as a Christmas present and Tomás even a desired little brother. At a shooting gallery Tomás aims at a target on the trunk of a blue elephant which can call in Christmas. The impatient Zuzanka pushes to her friend and he shoots directly to the elephant's red eye. Things which the owner of the shooting gallery warned about happened: the sun popped on the sky, the snow melted and all Christmas shopping has stopped. Both pushful children decide to get a new eye for the elephant so that everything can be set right.
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Full Cast & Crew... Zuzana
TM
Tomáš Muchka... Tomáš
M�
Míla Šulc... Magician Bertoldi
K�
Karel Štědrý... Warehouser Halala
... Shooting-gallery Owner
... Soldier
Release Date:
Oct 15, 1971
Run Time:
1hr 9`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
Czech
Status:
Released
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The Hour of Blue Elephants - The Hour of Blue Elephants
Directors & Credit Writers
Cast
... Zuzana
TM
Tomáš Muchka... Tomáš
M�
Míla Šulc... Magician Bertoldi
K�
Karel Štědrý... Warehouser Halala
... Shooting-gallery Owner
... Soldier
... Soldier's girl
... Zuzanka's mother
... Zuzanka's father
... Ivanka – Sister of Thomas
JH
Juraj Horan... Jirka – Brother of Thomas
... Seller of Christmas tree
... Voice of parrot (voice)
... Little elephant (voice)
... Big elephant (voice)
... Magician Bertoldi (voice)
MS
M. Seidler...
P�
P. Švejda...
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