The Treasure of Bird Island
1953 Czech film
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The Treasure of Bird Island (Czech: Poklad ptačího ostrova) is a 1953 Czechoslovak animated film directed by Karel Zeman in his feature length debut.
Directed byKarel Zeman
Screenplay by
- František Hrubín
- E. F. Misek
- Karel Zeman
CinematographyAntonín Horák
Edited byZdenek Stehlík
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| Directed by | Karel Zeman |
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| Cinematography | Antonín Horák |
| Edited by | Zdenek Stehlík |
| Music by | Zdeněk Liška |
Production company | Československý Státní Film |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
The film, based on a Persian fairy tale, was Zeman's first feature-length work.[1] The soundtrack includes verses by František Hrubín, read by children, as well as an original film score by Zdeněk Liška.[1]
The film's style is an experiment in combining two- and three-dimensional animation,[2] including hand-drawn backgrounds and figures animated in relief.[1] The production design is based on the traditional manuscript-illustration style of Persian miniatures.[3]
