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The Sand Creature

1985-01-01 sk
FamilySci-Fi & Fantasy
Piesočná potvorka (lit. The Sand Creature) is a 1985 Czech television miniseries based on Edith Nesbit's 1904 children's novel Five Children and It. The four Majer children—Janka, Braň, Cyril and Vladek—spend holidays together at a cottage, with their aunt Marta, who takes care of them in their parents' absence. One day, the older children decide to dig in an old sandbox and find an ancient wonder: Brontofusika, a prehistoric creature that can grant wishes. So Janka wishes that everyone would be as beautiful as the heroes from a fairy tale. It happens. No one recognizes the children in this disguise, not even their own aunt, which brings a lot of funny but also unpleasant situations. But the magic only works until sunset!

Book

Edith Nesbit

Writer

Josef Platz

Dramaturgy

Anna Minichová

First Assistant Director

Viktor Riebauer

Script

Vladimíra Vlková

Unit Production Manager

Věra Laštuvková

based on children's book

Status

Ended

Countries

  • Czechoslovakia

Companies

  • Československá televízia Bratislava
  • Krátký film Praha