Please, Mr. Elephant
Poland1978animated63'Kids & youth - kino dla młodych (2017)
The film tells a story of a friendship between a boy named Pinio and a porcelain elephant, Dominic. Dominic, thanks to Pinio’s caring attitude, becomes alive, grows up and soon gets himself and his little carer entangled in extraordinary and surprisingly funny adventures. After the screening, please joins us at the meeting with the director.
- 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
- Maria Niedźwiecka-Szybisz
- script
- Witold Giersz, Ludwik Jerzy Kern, Roman Huszczo, Alina Maliszewska, Bogdan Nowicki, Ryszard Słapczyński, Stefan Szwakopf
- animated by
- Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Irena Derent-Słapczyńska, Leszek Galewicz, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Hanna Hursztyn…
- music
- Waldemar Kazanecki
- editing
- Hanna Michalewicz
- Photo