In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), a young Dutch couple find their idyllic countryside being overrun by unfeeling, unthinking mechanical men and machines that lay waste to everything in their path. In 1997 this film, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
Directed by George Pal
prayer
netherlands
windmill
invasion
destruction
thunderstorm
desolation
young couple
puppetoon
replacement animation
rust
bombed church
screwballs
animation
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
Cast
Victor Jory
(voice)
Crew
George Pal
Director
George Pal
Producer
George Pal
Cinematography
George Pal
Story
Ray Harryhausen
Animation
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
Gabriel Silva
4.2★ · 05/27/24
Incredible animation, but the tonal whiplash of a cute Dutch couple suddenly being accosted by an army of “Screwballs” is incredibly jarring. I understand that for the time period this kind of filmmaking was par the course but hoo boy was this rough!
Incredible animation, but the tonal whiplash of a cute Dutch couple suddenly being accosted by an army of “Screwballs” is incredibly jarring. I understand that for the time period this kind of filmmaking was par the course but hoo boy was this rough!
