29 Ratings

Springman and the SS

Pérák a SS

Czechoslovakia, 1946

Short, Animation, War

Synopsis

The first animated picture made by Jiri Trnka for adults. It is a comic story of a legendary chimney-cleaner who, with the help of a spring from an old lounge-chair, became the terror of the Prague occupation SS troops in World War II.

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Springman and the SS Directed by Jiří Trnka

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Adam Whybray's rating of the film Springman and the SS
Adam Whybray

A sniveling SS officer and his cronies are summarily defeated by an inkblot wearing springs. A curious amount of objects are persecuted! No wonder the toys had it in for the Gestapo officer of Týrlová's 'Vzpoura Hracek' of the same year! Wonderful to see where the work of two remarkable Czech animators intersected as their origins.
May 17, 2017 23:52
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inquisita's rating of the film Springman and the SS
inquisita

chimney sweep spiderman replacing one crooked cross (swastika) with another (hammer and sickle).
June 03, 2013 11:40
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