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Tri kumpani
16 minutes, 35 mm, colour, 1972
Puppet animation
Audience: children
Commentary: none

Producer: KF a.s. - Jiri Trnka Studio
Director: Jan Karpas
Designer: Jarmila Fenclova

A film based on a fairy-tale of the same name by Josef Stefan Kubin about three friends: Frostman, Windman and Fireman. They give to a poor man three magic bags to reward him for letting them stay overnight in his room. Miller, a pub- keeper and landowner, wants to steal the bags but the Frostman and his pals punish him.

Awards: First prize "Golden Mermaid" - Odense 1975

All films directed by Jan Karpas:
Fikmik • Kubula a Kuba Kubikula • The Three Pals

All films designed by Jarmila Fenclova:
The Three Pals