Directing

Irena Dodalová

Born

1900-11-29 (125)

Known for

Directing

Credits

12 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

No artwork available
NR

An animated short film that explains in a pedagogical way how the radio transmission works. Created by Czech filmmakers it was commissioned by Argentina Schools. The film tells the story of Curious, an extraterrestrial child that reaches the planet earth attracted by the sound waves. There he meets the Queen of Waves, an ethereal figure who teaches her step by step the process by which sound is captured, amplified, modulated and transformed into electromagnetic vibrations to be transmitted by a radial antenna.

The Queen of the Waves

1936

No artwork available
NR

An animated short film that explains in a pedagogical way how the radio transmission works. Created by Czech filmmakers it was commissioned by Argentina Schools. The film tells the story of Curious, an extraterrestrial child that reaches the planet earth attracted by the sound waves. There he meets the Queen of Waves, an ethereal figure who teaches her step by step the process by which sound is captured, amplified, modulated and transformed into electromagnetic vibrations to be transmitted by a radial antenna.

The Queen of the Waves

1936

An Autumn Song poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

An Autumn Song

1937

The Play of Bubbles poster
8.0

Color abstract animated movie turns into "Saponia" soap advertisement.

The Play of Bubbles

1936

A Cheerful Concert poster
NR

"As Prague’s sole animation studio, IRE-Film depended on international models for inspiration; the influences of Disney and the Fleischers are plainly seen in Veselý koncert (A Cheerful Concert), which promotes Telefunken radios while a loose-limbed cartoon orchestra struggles to play amid the wildlife of the summer outdoors." — Kirk McDowell

A Cheerful Concert

1935

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fantaisie érotique

1936

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fantaisie érotique

1936

No artwork available
8.0

Black-and-white abstract animated short of light, shadows, and reflections by The Dodals (Karel Dodal (1900-1986) in collaboration with his wife, Irena Dodalová).

Ideas in Search of Light

1938

No artwork available
8.0

Black-and-white abstract animated short of light, shadows, and reflections by The Dodals (Karel Dodal (1900-1986) in collaboration with his wife, Irena Dodalová).

Ideas in Search of Light

1938

No artwork available
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Sound waves fill the space around the globe. We watch them as they wander and spread throughout the country. The radio lamps, produced by the Telefunken company, capture them and transform them into perfect tones.

The Sounds of Outer Space

1935

Everything for a Scrambled Pancake! poster
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"Všechno pro trhanec animates a recipe with anthropomorphic ingredients. Gasparcolor, introduced to the Dodals by experimental animator Oskar Fischinger, is briefly on display. Though Gasparcolor added a new dimension to IRE-Film’s already vibrant animation, the complicated—and expensive—color process brought with it a host of challenges. Because the process required repeated exposures, the workflow had to be altered to allow three color records to be made for each frame. It is easy to see why color was often reserved for a film’s final shot." — Kirk McDowell

Everything for a Scrambled Pancake!

1937

No artwork available
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Animated short film that narrates a tree's biological cycle.

El gigante bueno

1950