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Springman and the SS
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Wikipedia article
'Springman and the SS' is a 1946 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Ji Trnka featuring Prk, the Spring Man of Prague. The film is also known as 'The Chimney Sweep' in the United States. The film competed at 1946 Cannes Film Festival.
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 Prk as a quasi-superhero formed the basis for sporadic revivals of the character in Czech science fiction and comic book stories.
Home release
'Prk a SS' is featured in a DVD anthology of World War II propaganda cartoons, 'Cartoons for Victory', which was released on 2 May 2006.
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