The Hour of Blue Elephants
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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.
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Cast
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Barbora Pirnerová
Zuzana
No other roles listed
Tomáš Muchka
Tomáš
Also in
The Secret of the Wicker Basket
Six Bears and a Clown
Ota Hofman
Radim Cvrček
Zdeněk Stehlík
Tomás Muchka
Thomas
Míla Šulc
Magician Bertoldi
Also in
Summer with Kate
She Came Out of the Blue Sky
Rudolf Buneš
Míla Sulc
Magician Bertoldi
Karel Štědrý
Warehouser Halala
Also in
A Night at Karlstein
If a Thousand Clarinets
Jaroslava Adámková
Josef Hlinomaz
Shooting-gallery Owner
Known for
The Adventures of the Mole
Lemonade Joe
Radim Cvrček Director · Zdeněk Rozkopal Director Ota Hofman Screenplay
First release October 15, 1971 · Produced in XC, Czechia · Production Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava, Barrandov Studios
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava
Production
Barrandov Studios
Production
Studio Hraných Filmov Bratislava
Production
XC · Czechia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Hodina modrých slonů
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · October 15, 1971
Theatrical · Both Czech and Slovak version
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
October 16, 1983 · Theatrical
Slovakia
October 16, 1971
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