WOW! Thanks for the great links, Andrew. What a wonderful little short film. Zeman truly is an underappreciated (in North America, anyway) genius of filmmaking.

His talent in stop-motion animation seems to have been boundless. So far I've seen his use of traditional clay and armature figurines (I just finished watching Journey to the Beginning of Time-What a marvelous timepiece of a film), cardboard cutouts (with truly remarkable results) and now glass! I wonder what other surprises Karel's got in store for me?

I sure wish they would release ALL of his works on DVD here in N.A., complete with english dubbing (or at least subtitles).

"Wait Til You See The Full Effect With The Hump!"