From collectibles to cars, buy and sell all kinds of items on eBay
home | pay | site map
Shop for itemsSell your itemTrack your eBay activitiesLearn, connect, and stay informed-for business and for funGet help, find answers and contact Customer SupportAdvanced Search
Home > Listing Index > Movies > Mole (character)

Movies - Mole


The Mole (called Krtek in the original) is an animated character in a series of cartoons, created by Czech animator Zdeněk Miler.

It was first to be seen in 1956 in Prague, when Miler wanted to create a children's cartoon about how flax is processed. He wanted a strong Disney-influence to the cartoon by choosing an animal for the leading role, and decided to pick a mole after stumbling over a molehill during a walk. The first film called "Jak krtek ke kalhotkám přišel" ("How the mole got his pants") was released in 1956, and the cute main character won itself an enormous popularity in both Eastern European countries and Germany. Production for further episodes started in 1963 and since then, around 50 episodes have been created.

The first episode of the cartoon was narrated, but Miler wanted the cartoon to be understood in every country of the world, so he decided to use his daughters as voice actors, reducing the speech to short non-figurative exclamations in order to express the mole's feelings and world perception. They also became the bottleneck of the creation process as they were the ones who got to see the whole film first, thus Miler was able to decide whether the message of the movie was able to get to children or not.

Miler was quoted saying: "It took me a long time to realize it, but when I draw Krtek, I am drawing myself.“

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Mole (character) ]



Some related entries: Twins | 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag | Trinity | With Six You Get Eggroll | Gnomeo and Juliet | Vicki | Angels & Insects | Kazuo Umezu | Meleth | Batman Forever | Service de nuit

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Mole (character); it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Searches on eBay

Related searches on eBay


eBay Pulse | eBay Reviews | eBay Stores | Half.com | Kijiji | PayPal | Popular Searches | ProStores | Rent.com | Shopping.com
Australia | Austria | Belgium | China | France | Germany | India | Italy | Spain | United Kingdom

About eBay | Announcements | Security Center | Policies | Site Map | Help