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O utrzenem sluchatku
8 minutes, 35 mm, colour, 1976
Classical cartoon animation
Audience: family
Commentary: off screen

Producer: KF a.s. - Studio Bratri v triku
Director: M+B+D (Macourek, Born, Doubrava)
Designer: Adolf Born

The first episode of the "Mach and Sebestova" series. We learn how the schoolmates from the third B class found the torn off phone receiver and how they discovered it had a magic power.

All films of the series Mach And Sebestova:
About A Torn Off Receiver • Exemplary Behaviour • Kropacek Has a Sore Throat • Laws of Nature • Mach and Sebestova As Baby-Sitters • Masters of Creation • Neanderthal Man • Pirates • Police Dog • A Sacrifice For a Friend • School Trip • The Stolen Receiver • The Zoological Garden

All films directed by M+B+D:
About A Torn Off Receiver • Exemplary Behaviour • Hugo and Bobo • Imago • Inferiority Complex • Kropacek Has a Sore Throat • Laws of Nature • Mach And Sebestova - Come Up To the Blackboard! • Mach and Sebestova As Baby-Sitters • Masters of Creation • Neanderthal Man • Nonsense • A Picture From the Life of Birds • A Picture From the Life of Children • Pirates • Police Dog • A Sacrifice For a Friend • School Trip • Service • Sophie Becomes Director of the ZOO • Sophie Committes a Faux Pas • Sophie Cures Mr. Fennec • Sophie Detects a Thief • Sophie Enables Mr. Walrus to Go North • Sophie Forces an Ostrich to Take out His Head from Sand • Sophie Helps a Talented Young One • Sophie Introduces General Protective Coloration • Sophie Mars Hooligans' Tricks • Sophie Organises a Fancy-Dress Ball • Sophie Prevents Lessons in the ZOO • Sophie Punishes Two Brutes • Sophie Rears Little Lions • Sophie Refuses a Marriage Proposal • Sophie Saves Mr. Leopard • Sophie Sends Fly Irca to Save Tapir Zbynecek • Sophie Takes Care of a Wedding • Sophie Taughts Understanding • Sophie's Gala Performance • Sophie, the Sports Day Organizor • The Stolen Receiver • What If...? • The Zoological Garden

All films designed by Adolf Born:
About A Torn Off Receiver • The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, the Sailor from York • Exemplary Behaviour • How the Wise Aristotle Became Even Wiser • Hugo and Bobo • Imago • Indian Princess • Inferiority Complex • Kropacek Has a Sore Throat • Laws of Nature • Mach And Sebestova - Come Up To the Blackboard! • Mach and Sebestova As Baby-Sitters • Masters of Creation • Mr Arn's Treasure • Neanderthal Man • Nonsense • A Picture From the Life of Birds • A Picture From the Life of Children • Pirates • Police Dog • Princess with Horns • A Sacrifice For a Friend • School Trip • The Scissors • Service • Sophie Becomes Director of the ZOO • Sophie Committes a Faux Pas • Sophie Cures Mr. Fennec • Sophie Detects a Thief • Sophie Enables Mr. Walrus to Go North • Sophie Forces an Ostrich to Take out His Head from Sand • Sophie Helps a Talented Young One • Sophie Introduces General Protective Coloration • Sophie Mars Hooligans' Tricks • Sophie Organises a Fancy-Dress Ball • Sophie Prevents Lessons in the ZOO • Sophie Punishes Two Brutes • Sophie Rears Little Lions • Sophie Refuses a Marriage Proposal • Sophie Saves Mr. Leopard • Sophie Sends Fly Irca to Save Tapir Zbynecek • Sophie Takes Care of a Wedding • Sophie Taughts Understanding • Sophie's Gala Performance • Sophie, the Sports Day Organizor • The Stolen Receiver • Too Much Tenderness • What If...? • The Zoological Garden