Lapitch the Little Shoemaker

Infobox Film
name = Lapitch the Little Shoemaker


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director = Milan Blažeković
producer = CroatiaFilm, HaffaDiebold (companies)
writer = Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (novel: "Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića")
Alan Shearman (English version) [http://www.lowmoan.com/ashearman/writer.html ]
distributor = flagicon|USA Sony Wonder (2000)
released = flagicon|Croatia 1997
flagicon|USA February 8, 2000 (VHS)
runtime = 75 min.
country = Germany / Croatia
language = Croatian
imdb_id = 133930

"Lapitch the Little Shoemaker" is an animated film, originally released in Croatian theatres in 1997, and on video in 2000 by Sony Wonder in the United States. This is probably director Milan Blažeković's best-known film in the Western world.

The film, produced on traditional cel machines during the mid-1990s, was Croatia's official selection for the 1998 Academy Awards. A spinoff television series was also produced.

In North America, it the was first film to be released in Sony Wonder's "Movie Matinee" series. [Zad, Martie (2000, February 20). "Tarzan", King of the Videos. "The Washington Post". Accessed April 30, 2007.] Originally planned for October 12, 1999, [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3374/is_10_21/ai_55090879 1999 to finish year with video offerings for the entire family] (1999, June 28). "Drug Store News". Retrieved April 30, 2007.] it was not available until February 8 2000. The movie was also shown on Disney Channel early that same year.

Plot

A mouse called Lapitch has had enough of his cruel master. He makes a mistake of something that wasn't his responsibility. Lapitch is banished from the master's home. He goes off to the world, meets a girl mouse called Lisa, also an orphan, and matches wits with the evil Dirty Rat. Dirty Rat and his Pazinskys, a bunch of clowns, try to kidnap Lapitch. Dirty Rat wears a black hat with a purple stripe. He has claws and wears a black coat with a red scarf. Lapitch seems to have a romance with Lisa. Brewster, Lapitch's pet dog, Peko, Lapitch's pet parrot and Lapitch and Lisa work together to save the town from disaster. Peko repeats everything someone will say, with the exception of Brewster, who can only bark. Dirty Rat's Pazinskys include Prun Hilda, Elmer and Oddess. Lapitch is a street urchin. So is Lisa. Lisa has a blue dress and Lapitch has a red shirt and green trousers with black shoes. After the gang defeat Dirty Rat, everyone in the town has a big party, with music and waltzing. Dirty Rat punishes his Pazinskys because they failed in capturing Lapitch.

ee also

*List of animated feature-length films

References

External links

*imdb title|id=133930
*bcdb title|id=79807