Springman and the SS

Springman and the SS
Directed byJiří Trnka
Jiří Brdečka
Written byOta Šafránek (story)
Jiří Brdečka
Jiří Trnka
CinematographyVladimír Novotný
Music byJan Rychlík
Production
company
Distributed byStátní půjčovna filmů
Release date
  • 20 December 1946 (1946-12-20)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia

Springman and the SS (Czech: Pérák a SS) is a 1946 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Jiří Trnka featuring Pérák, the Spring Man of Prague. The film is also known as The Chimney Sweep in the United States.[1] The film competed at 1946 Cannes Film Festival.

  1. ^ Whybray, Adam (2020). The Art of Czech Animation: A History of Political Dissent and Allegory. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 9781350104655.