The Hour of Blue Elephants (1971)

Production companies : Filmové studio Barrandov / Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava /

October 15, 1971 1h 9m Czechoslovakia Family Czech More

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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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title：The Hour of Blue Elephants
status：Released
Release date： 1971
Runtime：1h 9m
Genres： Family · Fantasy ·
Countries of origin： Czechoslovakia ·
Original Language： Czech ·
Director： Zdeněk Rozkopal / Radim Cvrček /
Writers： Ota Hofman · Hana Čiháková · Ota Hofman · Ján Beer · Ota Hofman ·
Production companies： Filmové studio Barrandov · Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava ·
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.