''Wedding in the Coral Sea'' ( cs, Svatba v korálovém moři; german: Hochzeit im Korallenmeer) is a 1944 Czech animated short film. It was written, animated and directed by a group of Czech cartoonists including
Jiří Brdečka,
Břetislav Pojar
Břetislav Pojar (7 October 192312 October 2012) was a Czech puppeteer, animator and director of short and feature films.
Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on ''The Story of the Bass Cello'' ...
,
Stanislav Látal and
Jaroslav Doubrava
Jaroslav Doubrava (April 25, 1909 in Chrudim – October 2, 1960 in Prague)Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...
in Ateliér Filmových triků studio.
Plot
The plot involves the creatures of the sea preparing for the wedding of two fish. When the fish bride is kidnapped by an octopus all the sea creatures must team up to defeat him and rescue the bride.
Production
German cartoonist
Horst von Möllendorff was appointed as an official director, while his role in the making of the film was in fact minimal.
The film was shot on
Agfacolor
An Agfacolor slide dated 1937 from café in Oslo, Norway.
An Agfacolor slide dated 1937 from Paris, France.
An Agfacolor slide dated 1938 from Hungary.
An Agfacolor slide dated 1938 from Zakopane in Poland.
An Agfacolor slide dated 1938 fr ...
film material.
See also
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List of films made in the Third Reich
References
External links
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1944 films
1944 animated films
1944 short films
1940s animated short films
Czechoslovak animated short films
Films of Nazi Germany
Czech animated short films
German animated short films
Animated films about fish
Films about kidnapping
Films about weddings
Films directed by Jiří Brdečka
Films directed by Břetislav Pojar
Films directed by Stanislav Látal
Films directed by Horst von Möllendorff
Films with underwater settings
Films with screenplays by Horst von Möllendorff
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