Adventures of Juku The Dog

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name = Kutsu-Juku seiklusi


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director = Voldemar Päts
producer = Aleksander Teppor
writer = Voldemar Päts
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cinematography = Aleksander Teppor
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released = 30 April 1931
runtime = 4 minutes
country = Estonia
language = Silent
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imdb_id = 0212290

The Adventures of Juku The Dog (1931) [ [http://books.google.com/books?q=Adventures+of+Juku+The+Dog&btnG=Search+Books Estonian Animation By Chris Robinson; pVII] ISBN 9780861966677] ( _et. Kutsu-Juku seiklusi) [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212290/ Kutsu-Juku seiklusi @IMDB] ] is the first Estonian experimental animated short film written and directed by Voldemar Päts, produced by Aleksaner Teppor and animation by cartoonist Elmar Jaanimägi. For the film about 5000 drawings were made. Out of the total of 180 meters of shot film stock about 100 have survived. The soundtrack for the silent film was provided by Records of the Tormolen Co. Parlophon. In total 2 films in the series were attempted, the second one called The Adventures of Juku on Earth and Water was not completed and has not survived. [ [http://www.einst.ee/culture/II_MMVI/lohmus.html Adventures of Puppy-Juku by jaak Lohmus] ]

After the Great Depression and WWII hit Estonia, the first professional puppetoon animation studio in Estonia Nukufilm was established by Elbert Tuganov in 1958 and a traditional cell animation studio Joonisfilm by Rein Raamat in 1971. In modern times the most known Estonian Animation Director is Priit Pärn, the winner of Grand Prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 1998.

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