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Pan Tau (1970)
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Pan Tau always had a gentle expression and a friendly smile, he was elegantly dressed in a stroller, with an umbrella and a white carnation in the lapel. Foremost, he was famous for his magic bowler hat. By tapping on his hat, Pan Tau was able to change his appearance into a puppet, to conjure up miscellaneous objects or to do other magic. His most characteristically behavior is that he would help children who were experiencing some sort of difficulties in-between their dreams and reality, like finding a place for skiing, settling family problems on Christmas, and even give a boy a good time at a fair when he is supposed to have piano lessons. To adults, he usually remained invisible.
Style:
feel good, lighthearted, surreal, slapstick, psychotronic, whimsical, urban fantasy, nostalgic
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
magic realism, heartwarming, unhappiness, magician, trick, mysterious man, sorcerer, puppetry, magic, prank, grandfather granddaughter relationship, mute character, silent man, bowler hat, part animation
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, czechoslovakia, central europe
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