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Hrnečku, vař! (1953)

Hrnečku, vař! (1953)

Animation Family
Release Date: 1953, August 20
Directors: Václav Bedřich
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Krátký film Praha – Studio Bratři v triku

Overview:

While all the inhabitants of a small rural village are working hard to survive the harsh daily routine, the mayor and his wife are gorging themselves to death. Without generosity, they even refuse alms to a penniless old lady. Among the hard workers trying to subsist, a little girl works courageously to help her exhausted mother. One day, during her lunch break, she goes into the forest to fill her cup of water in a river. There, a poor old lady asks for alms from the young lady, having nothing but her little piece of bread, willingly offers it to her. It is then that the old lady, as a reward, enchants the cup of the little girl ...

Keywords:

short film based on short story