Tales of the Night

Tales of the Night
This article is about the 1992 television special. For the 2011 feature film, see Tales of the Night (2011 film).
Tales of the Night

Still from the segment "Le Prince des joyaux."
Genre Fairy tale
Creator Michel Ocelot
Directed by Michel Ocelot
Produced by Didier Brunner[1]
Written by Michel Ocelot
Starring Sophie Edmond
Cyrille Artaux
Eric Bottom
Philippe Destre
Pierre Jarillon
Patrice Leroy
Music by Alain Marchal[2]
Editing by Michèle Péju[3]
Country France
Language French
Original channel Canal+
Release date 1992 (1992)
Running time 26 minutes
Preceded by Ciné si (1989)
Followed by Dragons et princesses (2010)

Tales of the Night (French: Les Contes de la nuit) is a 1992[4] French silhouette animation television special[4] written and directed by Michel Ocelot. It aired on Canal+ in France, ZDF in Germany and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.[5] It is a trilogy of three further fairy tales in much the same format as Ciné si: "La Belle Fille et le sorcier" ("The Pretty Girl and the Sorcerer"), "Bergère qui danse" ("The Dancing Shepherdess") and "Le Prince des joyaux" ("The Prince of Jewels").[4] Unlike La Princesse insensible and Ciné si, Les Contes is on 35 mm film.[6]

Release

"Le Prince des joyaux" was also shown in French cinemas in 1994[7] (and later released on VHS)[8] as part of the Folimage-organised package film Le Petit Cirque et autres contes.[9] All three individual segments (though still lacking the original opening, ending and bridging segments) were made available on DVD-Video with the release of Les Trésors cachés de Michel Ocelot in 2008.[3]

References

  1. ^ Brunner, Didier. "Producer's notes on Kirikou and the Sorceress". Kirikou.net. ArtMattan Productions. http://www.kirikou.net/animation.html. Retrieved 2008-10-18. 
  2. ^ "Petit Cirque et autres contes" (in French) (Portable Document Format) (Press release). Cinéma[s] LE FRANCE. http://www.abc-lefrance.com/article.php3?id_article=677. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
  3. ^ a b Ocelot, Michel (Director) (2008-10-22). Les Trésors cachés de Michel Ocelot (DVD). Paris: France Télévisions. 
  4. ^ a b c Pilling, Jayne (2001). "Filmographies". 2D and Beyond. Animation. Hove: RotoVision. pp. 153. ISBN 28-8046-445-5. 
  5. ^ Michel Ocelot (2000) [DVD 2004] (in French) (Filmography). Princes et princesses (Liner notes). Paris, France: France Télévisions. EDV 174. 
  6. ^ "Folimage – Prog 5 : Le Petit Cirque et autres contes" (in French). Cinémathèque.fr. La Cinémathèque française. 2005. http://www.cinematheque.fr/fr/dans-salles/jeune-public/seances-cinema/fiche-manifestation/folimage-prog-5-petit-cirque-autres-contes,8271.html. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
  7. ^ "Le Petit Cirque et autres contes – film de Michaël Dudok de Wit – Cinéma" (in French). EVENE.fr. Le Figaro. http://www.evene.fr/cinema/films/le-petit-cirque-et-autres-contes-6690.php. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
  8. ^ "Le Petit Cirque et autres contes" (in French). HEEZA.fr. http://www.heeza.fr/BOUTIK/Fiches_Produits/FOLIMAGE/petitcirque.html. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
  9. ^ "Brochure Petit Cirque" (in French) (Portable Document Format) (Press release). Folimage. http://www.folimage.fr/site/Cinemas/BrochurePetitCirque.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 

External links

v · d · eThe works of Michel Ocelot
Feature films
Kirikou and the Sorceress • Princes and Princesses • Kirikou and the Wild Beasts • Azur & Asmar • Tales of the Night (2011)
Television programs
Gédéon • The Impassive Princess • Ciné si • Tales of the Night (1992) • "Earth Intruders" • Dragons and Princesses
Short films
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