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The Mole (in the Czech original called Krtek, or Krteček little mole; Slovak Krtko; German der Maulwurf; Hungarian Kisvakond; Polish Krecik) 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 many Eastern European countries as well as Germany, Austria, India and China. 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.

"It took me a long time to realize it, but when I draw Krtek, I am drawing myself." --Zdeněk Miler
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Music

Music plays an important role in the cartoons, since the characters almost never utter more than emotional sounds, the most common of which is "Hello!". The original series' music uses acoustic and electric musical instruments, rather than synthesized ones.

Composers:

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Short films

Episode English title Czech title Year Minutes
00.How The Mole Got His PantsJak krtek ke kalhotkám přišel195711:51
01.The Mole and the CarKrtek a autíčko196314:30
02.The Mole and the RocketKrtek a raketa196608:40
03.The Mole and the Transistor SetKrtek a transistor196808:10
04.The Mole and the Green StarKrtek a zelená hvězda196907:30
05.The Mole and the Chewing GumKrtek a žvýkačka196907:20
06.The Mole in a ZooKrtek v Zoo196906:05
07.The Mole as a GardenerKrtek zahradníkem196906:55
08.The Mole and the HedgehogKrtek a ježek197008:25
09.The Mole and the LollipopKrtek a lízátko197008:00
10.The Mole and the TVKrtek a televizor197005:30
11.The Mole and the UmbrellaKrtek a paraplíčko197107:10
12.The Mole as a PainterKrtek malířem197209:35
13.The Mole and the MatchboxKrtek a zápalky197405:30
14.The Mole and the MusicKrtek a muzika197405:15
15.The Mole and the TelephoneKrtek a telefon197405:25
16.The Mole as a ChemistKrtek chemikem197405:30
17.The Mole and the CarpetKrtek a koberec197505:40
18.The Mole and the EggKrtek a vejce197505:35
19.The Mole at ChristmasKrtek o Vánocích197505:45
20.The Mole as PhotographerKrtek fotografem197505:45
21.The Mole as WatchmakerKrtek hodinářem197505:25
22.The Mole and the BulldozerKrtek a buldozér197505:43
23.The Mole in the DesertKrtek na poušti197505:52
24.The Mole at a CarnevalKrtek a karneval197605:25
25.The Mole and the CharcoalKrtek a uhlí199504:10
26.The Mole and His FriendsKrtek a kamarádi199505:18
27.The Mole's WeekendKrtek a víkend199505:05
28.The Mole and the RobotsKrtek a robot199505:00
29.The Mole's Birthday PartyKrtek a oslava199505:04
30.The Mole and the Little DuckKrtek a kachničky199505:00
31.The Mole in the UndergroundKrtek a metro199705:00
32.The Mole and the MushroomsKrtek a houby199704:28
33.The Mole and the Little MouseKrtek a myška199705:19
34.The Mole and the Little HareKrtek a zajíček199705:11
35.The Mole and the MotherKrtek a maminka199705:20
36.The Mole and the FloodKrtek a potopa199705:04
37.The Mole and the SnowmanKrtek a sněhulák199805:09
38.The Mole at the BeachKrtek a dovolená199801:15
39.The Mole and the FluteKrtek a flétna199905:05
40.The Mole and the SourceKrtek a pramen199905:33
41.The Mole and the GrumblerKrtek a šťoura199905:21
42.The Mole and the SwallowKrtek a vlaštovka200004:25
43.The Mole and the Little FishKrtek a rybka200005:02
44.The Mole and the Little FrogKrtek a žabka200205:20
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Films

English title Czech title Year Minutes
The Mole in TownKrtek ve městě198228:31
The Mole in a DreamKrtek ve snu198528:09
The Mole and the MedicineKrtek a medicína198728:08
The Mole as Movie StarKrtek filmová hvězda198827:47
The Mole and the EagleKrtek a orel199228:05
The Mole and the ClockKrtek a hodiny199428:04


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