Information
- BFI identifier562333
- Date1965-08-25 (Television)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisExamines what happens when a woman forgets that "a woman's place is in the home" and takes up the musical vacuum cleaner. (NFA Catalogue)
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- Credits
Title
The Hoffnung Vacuum Cleaner (Original)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
16mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsDocument: post-production - Episode from the series Tales of Hoffnung. [A salesman demonstrates a vacuum cleaner to a housewife. It doesn't clean, but it is a fine musical instrument. The housewife buys the cleaner and becomes an expert musician, eventually performing at the Albert Hall. Her husband is unhappy that the housework is being neglected. The salesman calls again at the house and sells the couple a saxaphone, which does not play a note, but cleans carpets very well. Family peace is restored] Directed by Derek Lamb; produced by John Halas; storyboard: Derek Lamb; animation by Leslie Drew; music by Francis Chagrin. File containing: - information sheet giving a brief synopsis and main credits - music cue sheet giving details of distribution arrangements, length, and music used no date, c. 1965 - 1985 - HAB-1-75-4
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- Tales of Hoffnung
Series Work - 769211
United Kingdom - TV - Fiction
- +The Hoffnung Vacuum Cleaner
Work - 562333 - 1965-08-25 (Television)
United Kingdom - TV - Fiction
- +The Hoffnung Vacuum Cleaner
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