Collections Search | BFI | British Film Institute

The Hoffnung Vacuum Cleaner (Original title)
Date: 25 August 1965 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Derek Lamb

Synopsis: Examines what happens when a woman forgets that "a woman's place is in the home" and takes up the musical vacuum cleaner.

Genre:
Animation

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 25 August 1965Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 18:30-18:40Slot duration: 10 minsNetwork - Colour - Mute

Credits (14)
Production Company: Halas & Batchelor, Producer: John Halas, in association with: BBC, Based on cartoons of: Gerard Hoffnung, Animator: Les Drew, Designer: Tom Bailey, Designer: Chris Miles, Storyboard Artist: Derek Lamb, Music: Frédéric Chopin, Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Music: Georg Grüber, Music Arranger: Francis Chagrin, Sound: Jack King