Murderous tales Trilogy is a special effect animated feature.
Film director Jan Bubenicek.
Trilogy was produced as a combination of acted sequences with 3D/2D animation, puppets and back projection. Each episode uses different production technology and is different genre but both - their form and their content - are related.
Trailer (with English subtitles)
Trilogy has three tales - Antonio Cacto, Lighthouse, and Big Man - and three ultra-short blackouts - Charge the Dragon. All the episodes are about double standards and the topics of heroism and death. Something very small meets something very big (tiny knight meets huge dragon, an old Mexican goblin meets a man, a tiny Professor meets the cows, two mobsters meet the Big Man). All these meetings result in the heroic death of the small principal characters. Each script sees heroism and death differently.
ABOUT MOVIE
Genre: Animated (special effect animated feature film)
Length: 81 minutes
Format Information:
Image - 16:9
Sound - 5,1
Rating: General audiences
ANTONIO CACTO - 35 min.
Technology: acting + 3D animation/motioncapture, 2D animation of fantasies
Format: 1:1.85 / 25 FPS / BW
LIGHTHOUSE - 20 min.
Technology: combination of 2D backgrounds and 3D animation/motioncapture
Format: 1:1.85 / 25 FPS / Col.
BIG MAN - 20 min.
Technology: puppets combined with miniatures and back projection
Format: 1:1.85 / 25 FPS / Col.
CHARGE THE DRAGON - 6 min. (3 x 2 min.)
Technology: 3D animation
Format: 1:1.85 / 25 FPS / Col.
Country: Czech Republic / Slovakia
Production: T. H. A. (CZ)
Co-production: PubRes (SK), CT - Czech Television (CZ), R.U.R. (CZ), AT studio (CZ), Soundsquare (CZ), RTVS - Slovak TV and Radio (SK)
In co-operation with HBO
Film supported by:
Czech State Cinematography Fund
The Slovak Audiovisual Fund
Original title: Smrtelné historky Festival title: Deadly Stories (ANIFILM 2016)
Original language: Czech
English subtitles/dubbing: yes/no
Distribution format: 2D DCP
AUTHORS, CAST & CREW
Directed by: Jan Bubeníček
Story: Jan Bubeníček
Screenplay: Jan Bubeníček
Script editor: Noro Držiak
Photography: Radek Loukota
Editing: Zdeněk Marek, Jan Bubeníček
Sound: Marek Hart
Special effects supervisors: Michal Mocňák, Michal Struss, Jan Jinda
Music: Petr Šoupa, Clarinet Factory, Messer Chups, Ivo Keilwerth
Puppetmakers: Jan Kurka, Jan Bubeníček
Make-up: Vilém Percy
Costume designer: Katarína Hollá
Producer: Ondřej Trojan, T.H.A (CZ)
Co-producers: Česká televize (CZ) – Filmové centrum; RTVS (SK) – Tibor Búza; PubRes (SK) – Zuzana Mistríková, Ľubica Orechovská; R.U.R. (CZ) – Jan Všetíček, Zuzana Picková; AT studio (CZ) – Ondřej Všetíček; Soundsquare (CZ) – Pavel Rejholec, Radim Janeš
Executive producer: Michaela Syslová
Production managers: Hana Štefanová, Roman Jordan, Luděk Valchář
Cast: Jan Budař, Pavel Landovský, Jan Bubeníček, Ondřej Trojan, Ladislav Frej, Jiří Schwarz, Jan Hála, Lída Molínová, Denisa Grimmová, Aleš Najbrt, Radomír Milič, Lubomír Piktor, Vlado Zetek, Peter Pavlík
ANTONIO CACTO
Director: Jan Bubeníček
Producer: Ondřej Trojan (T. H. A.)
Art direction by: Jan Kurka, Jan Bubeníček
Starring: Jan Budař
LIGHTHOUSE
Director: Jan Bubeníček
Producer: Ondřej Trojan (T. H. A.)
Art direction by: Matěj Pospíšil, Jan Bubeníček
BIG MAN
Director: Jan Bubeníček
Producers: Zuzana Mistríková (PubRes), Ľubica Orechovská (PubRes)
Art direction by: Jan Bubeníček
CHARGE THE DRAGON
Director: Jan Bubeníček
Producer: Ondřej Trojan (T. H. A.)
Art direction by: Jan Kurka, Jan Bubeníček
Animation: Jan Bubeníček
Music: Zirkus odvážná srdce
