Not to be confused with Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (TV series).
1997 Croatian film
Lapitch the Little Shoemaker
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Directed by
Milan Blažeković
Written by
Milan Blažeković Pajo Kanižaj Ivo Škrabalo English adaptation: Alan Shearman
Based on
The Brave Adventures of Lapitch by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić
Produced by
Željko Zima International version: Steffen Diebold
Starring
Ivan Gudeljević Maja Rožman Tarik Filipović Pero Juričić Relja Bašić
Edited by
Mirna Supek-Janjić
Music by
Original version: Duško Mandić Srebrna krila Vladimir Kočiš English version: Hermann Weindorf
Production companies
Croatia Film International version: HaffaDiebold ProSieben
Distributed by
Croatia: Croatia Film Germany: ProSieben Home Entertainment (VHS)
Release dates
23 June 1997 (1997-06-23) (Croatia)[1]
23 October 1997 (1997-10-23) (Germany)
Running time
75 minutes (English version) 83 minutes (international cut)
Countries
Croatia Germany
Languages
Croatian English German
Budget
DM900,000[2][3]
Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (Croatian: Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića) is a 1997 animated feature that was originally released by Croatia Film. Produced on vintage cel equipment during the early 1990s,[4] this was the third feature from Croatia Film's animation unit and director Milan Blažeković, after The Elm-Chanted Forest (1986) and The Magician's Hat (1990).[5][6]
It is based on The Brave Adventures of Lapitch, a 1913 novel by Croatian author Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić. In this adaptation, all of the characters are animals, and the title character is a mouse, rather than the human character of the original work.[2] As with the book, the film is about a shoemaker's apprentice who leaves the confines of his ill-tempered master, and sets off on an adventure. During his journey, he befriends a circus performer named Gita, and fights against the evil Dirty Rat.
Lapitch remains Croatia's most successful production in terms of viewership,[5][7] and became that country's official selection for the 1997 Academy Awards (in the Best Foreign Language Film category).[8] Its popularity led to the production of a 26-episode television series, also called Lapitch the Little Shoemaker, at the end of the 1990s.[9][10]
In February 2000, it first appeared in North America as the initial entry in Sony Wonder's short-lived "Movie Matinee" video series. The Disney Channel also premiered it on U.S. cable television later that same month.[11]
^"Lapitch, der kleine Schuhmacher". FILME von A-Z (in German). Zweitausendeins. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
^ abMarušić, Joško (24 January 2002). "Inozemni štanceraj". Vijenac (in Croatian). Matica hrvatska. Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
^Cite error: The named reference vjesnik was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Beširević, Natasa S. (31 January 2000). "Dis 281-zanimljivosti" (in Croatian). Croatian Information Centre. Retrieved 10 May 2009. Šegrt Hlapić na Disney Channelu.
^ ab"CHILDREN'S FILM PROGRAMME". Pula Film Festival. July 2008. Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
^"WORKING PART OF FESTIVAL". NAFF - NEUM ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL. January 2007. Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
^"Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića" (in Slovenian). SloCartoon. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
^"44 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 24 November 1997. Archived from the original on 13 February 1998. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
^Staff (1 November 1999). "Up next: What's developing in kids' production". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications Inc. Retrieved 5 February 2009. HaffeDiebold [sic] and Croatia Film let Lapitch loose
^Buterin, Antun Krešimir (5 December 1999). "Scenarij za seriju o našem šegrtu Hlapiću rade Britanci, a crtaju ga Koreanci!" (in Croatian). Vjesnik d.d. Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
^McCormick, Moira (5 February 2000). "Child's Play: 'Cinderelmo' Gets Royal Treatment From Sony Wonder". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media (via AllBusiness.com). Retrieved 2 March 2009.
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