Five loaves

United States, 1981

Film
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Episode of Series “Storybook International”.
Two friends have five loaves between them; one three and the other two. A stranger who shared their bread gives three pennies to one and two pennies to the other as payment. The one with two pennies is not happy but a judge resolves their argument in an enlightening manner. A Rumanian tale. Narrated by Claire Nielson.

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Credits

director

Peter Sasdy

producer

Barry Levinson

production company

Hemisphere Productions

Journal Films

Duration

00:25:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1981

Appears in

Storybook International

Group of items

Storybook International

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015644

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 6-12

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Moral education

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Literature → Fables

Literature → Fables - Juvenile films

Literature → Fairy tales - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Literature → Short stories

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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