The Hour of Blue Elephants

The Hour of Blue Elephants

69 mins | Family, Fantasy | Oct. 15, 1971

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.

The Hour of Blue Elephants

69 mins | Family, Fantasy | Oct. 15, 1971

The Hour of Blue Elephants
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.
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov, Studio Hraných Filmov Bratislava
Original title Hodina modrých slonů
Directors Júlia Gregorová, Zdeněk Rozkopal, Ivan Frič, Radim Cvrček
Writers Hana Čiháková, Ján Beer, Ota Hofman

Cast

Barbora Pirnerová

as Zuzana

Tomáš Muchka

as Tomáš

Míla Šulc

as Magician Bertoldi

Karel Štědrý

as Warehouser Halala

Josef Hlinomaz

as Shooting-gallery Owner

Jan Rosák

as Soldier

Andrea Čunderlíková

as Soldier's girl

Oľga Šalagová

as Zuzanka's mother

Ladislav Trojan

as Zuzanka's father

Katka Zatovičová

as Ivanka – Sister of Thomas

Juraj Horan

as Jirka – Brother of Thomas

Marián Labuda

as Seller of Christmas tree

Antonín Jedlička

as Voice of parrot (voice)

Jiřina Bohdalová

as Little elephant (voice)

Bohuslav Kupšovský

as Big elephant (voice)

Jiří Sovák

as Magician Bertoldi (voice)