Springman and the SS
Dec 20, 1946 | IMDB 5.8
14 min Watch NowAnimation, Comedy, War
The first animated picture made by Jiří Trnka for adults. It is a comic story of a legendary chimney-cleaner who, with the help of a spring from an old lounge-chair, became the terror of the Prague-occupying SS troops in World War II.
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