I was looking on the web to see whether I could find more data about
Praha v zari svetel (Prague at Night), a movie made in 1927 by
Svatopluck Innemann, one of the pioneers of Czech cinematography. I
found unexpectedly a small gem of 49 seconds: Cervena Karkulka (Little
Red Riding Hood). A tale told rapidly and joyfully, going directly to
the essential points while keeping a laughing eye towards us,
suggesting that everything is an exaggeration and should not be taken
too dramatically.

Soon after finding the movie of Innemann, I met with another Cervena
Karkulka, a color animation this time, made in 1948 by Zdenek Miller.
While Innemann tells us the tale very straightforwardly, Miller takes
definitely a baroque approach. He develops the story, embroiders new
characters and situations and builds his own tale over the known tale.
Grandma and the daughter are saved by a mailman, as the hunter had
found the old tale too scary and had run for help.
However Grandma thanks the hunter (most probably for keeping with the
old tale), starts the gramophone and invites him for a dance (while
the mailman has troubles outside with starting the engine of his car).

And look also at Snehurka a sedm trpasliku, made in 1933 by Oldrich
Kmínek: the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs told in 29 seconds!


For movies and links, you should go to:

http://updateslive.blogspot.com/2007/12/erven-karkulka-1920-reie-svatopluk.html


Enjoy!