Springman and the SS

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. The film competed at 1944 Cannes Film Festival.

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

Plot

A chimney sweep disguises as a Spring-heeled Jack-like figure during the Nazi occupation. The heroic and mischievous black-clad "Springer," with a mask fashioned out of a sock and defying the curfew, is capable of performing fantastic leaps due to having couch springs attached to his shoes. He taunts the occupying German army sentries and the Gestapo before escaping in a surrealistic, slapstick chase across the darkened city.

Cultural impact

Trnka's postwar interpretation of Pérák as a quasi-superhero formed the basis for sporadic revivals of the character in Czech science fiction and comic book stories.

Home release

Pérák a SS is featured in a DVD anthology of World War II propaganda cartoons, Cartoons for Victory, which was released on May 2, 2006.

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