Stranger Tale

director: Jaroslav Šikl

original title: Divná pohádka

year: 1963

running time: 12 min.

synopsis

Instead of a summer camp in the countryside, the reality of concrete surfaces, the dirt of unfinished housing estates and grumpy apartment dwellers – that’s childhood in the Prague of summer vacations. Karel Höger ironically invites you to a non-existent fairytale Prague that cares for the healthy development of future generations. It's a hundred-story playground of dreams, where adults aren’t allowed and children finally have a place to play.

biography

Jaroslav Šikl (1930–1985), graduate of FAMU, screenwriter, writer of crime novels and journalistic books, teacher and director, worked at Film Weekly and Short Film Prague. His crime documentary series was the basis for the series Adventures of Criminology.

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director:

Jaroslav Šikl

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