Animated puppet film concerning a cobbler’s wife who is saddened by the roguish antics of her husband. When the cobbler steals a goat and incurs the wrath of an angry farmer his wife appeals to Krakonos the Mountain King for help. Krakonos changes the cobbler into a scarecrow until he repents of his evil ways.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
324016
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Puppet films
Animation → Animated films - Czechoslovakia
Childrens Films → Children 6-12
Childrens Films → Puppet films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)