The Hour of Blue Elephants

Oct 15, 1971

1h 9m

★ 6.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Family

Fantasy

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava

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Cast

Zuzana

Barbora Pirnerová

Tomáš

Tomáš Muchka

Magician Bertoldi

Míla Šulc

Warehouser Halala

Karel Štědrý

Shooting-gallery Owner

Josef Hlinomaz

Soldier

Jan Rosák

Soldier's girl

Andrea Čunderlíková

Zuzanka's mother

Oľga Šalagová

Zuzanka's father

Ladislav Trojan

Ivanka – Sister of Thomas

Katka Zatovičová

Jirka – Brother of Thomas

Juraj Horan

Seller of Christmas tree

Marián Labuda

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