Drowning of Marzanna

(festival title)
  • Czechoslovakia Vynášíme Morenu
Short
Czechoslovakia, 1937, 4 min

Directed by:

Karel Plicka

Composer:

František Škvor

Plots(1)

A perfect marketing film from the 1930s. The short film is an advertisement for Baťa's new products, presented through the traditional celebration of the end of winter – the carrying of a lighted Marzanna into a stream. Plicka once again stylistically outdoes himself in his search for perfection in natural compositions, Moravian costumes, and traditional songs. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)

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