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Uvodni slovo pronese
12 minutes, 35 mm, colour, 1962
Puppet animation
Audience: adults
Commentary: none

Producer: KF a.s. - Jiri Trnka Studio
Director: Bretislav Pojar
Designer: Zdenek Seydl

A satire mocking vain orators who use any public event mostly to exhibit themselves delivering long speeches without saying anything.

Awards: Prize for the best film in the category of animated films - Bergamo 1962, Honourable mention - Cork 1963, FIPRESCI prize - Oberhausen 1963, Honourable of the Popular Universities Jury - Oberhausen 1963, The prize for the best animated film - Vancouver 1963

All films directed by Bretislav Pojar:
(About the) Thick Fog • (About) Mice In Tinfoil • And Don't Tell Me, Wendy • Animal Lover • The Apple Maiden • Billiards • The Butterflies Time • Cats' School • Elahw the Whale • The Ginger-bread House • Hello, Kohlrabi • Hold Your Hat • How the Bears Went Swimming • How They Ate The Soup Of Wit • How They Met At Kolin • How They Went to Bed • How to Catch a Tiger • If • The Lion and the Song • The Midnight Adventure • Misbehaving • On A Cat's Word • One Glass Too Many • The Opening Speech Will Be Delivered By • Painting Is For the Cats • The Panther Who Smelt Good • Princesses Are Not To Be Sniffed At • The Romance from the Darkness • Umbrella • What the Rain Worm Did Not Have Any Idea About • What Went Bang?

All films designed by Zdenek Seydl:
Billiards • The Lion and the Song • The Opening Speech Will Be Delivered By • Reason and Emotion