Hey You, Our Elephant
Václav Táborský / Czechoslovakia / 1963 / The film already had its Czech Premiere / 9 min.
synopsis
Shoot the elephant and the problem is solved, says the invisible Prague City Council, which decides on financing culture. A bitterly satirical commentary on the disastrous state of the buildings of the National Gallery, Czech Television and Prague's monuments points out that we are all elephants with the roof of the menagerie falling in on our heads.biography
Václav Táborský (born 1928), a Czech pioneer of cinéma vérité, made over eighty short films and almost fifty educational programmes. After August 1968, he emigrated to Canada, where he worked as an educator. His work is divided into satirical documentary features and feature films for children, including Escape in the Wind and Miraculous Puzzle.more about film
| director: | Václav Táborský |
contact
Juraj MachálekNárodní filmový archiv / National Film Archive
Malešická 14, 130 00 Praha 3
juraj.machalek@nfa.cz
Film at festival
| premiere type: | The film already had its Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2023 |
| section: | Ji.hlava Online, Czechoslovak Film Feuilleton |
| language: | Czech |
| subtitles: | No Subtitle |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Václav Táborský |
| original title: | Ty náš slone |
| country: | Czechoslovakia |
| year: | 1963 |
| running time: | 9 min. |
