Synopsis:
An intelligent and hard-working girl is always foiled in her efforts by a happy-go-lucky boy who plays football. In order to turn the tables on him, she builds a small rocketship, persuades the boy to enter it, and fires it off.
- Director:
- Dušan Vukotić
- Year:
- 1959
- Country:
- Croatia
- Running time:
- 11 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Original title:
- Krava na mjesecu
- Production type:
- Professional
- Animator:
- Zlatko Grgić
- Script writer:
- Dušan Vukotić
- Music composer:
- Stipica Kalogjera
- Production:
- Zagreb Film
- Tags:
- Surreal, Animals, Humor, Transformation, Light-hearted
- Audience:
- 4+
- Awards:
- Award for originality and humour / 1960 / Internation Festival of Animated Films Annecy
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