A Horse
Poland1967animated8'Retrospektywa Witolda Giersza (2017)
In motion painting, which is the term employed to refer to Giersz’s cinema where the artist often used a spatula instead of a brush, he almost achieved perfection in this very film, a charming story about freedom symbolised by a steed which wins the struggle with the man trying to curb it. Golden Hobby Horse in Krakow (1967) as well as festival trophies in, among others, Adelaide and Auckland, Cordoba, Edinburgh, Honolulu, Miami and Melbourne.
- directed by
- Witold Giersz
He was born in 1927. He is a visual artist, screenwriter and director of animated films who graduated from the Film Directing Faculty of the Film School in Łódź. Using various animation techniques he has made about sixty films, which include: Little Western, Red and Black and The Horse. In recognition of his work he has received over eighty awards at the festivals in Cannes, Cork, Edinburgh, Oberhausen and Krakow to name just a few.
- cinematography
- Jan Tkaczyk
- script
- Witold Giersz
- music
- Kazimierz Serocki
- sound
- Jan Radlicz
- production
- (Studio Miniatur Filmowych)
- Photo
