Inspiration (1949 film)

Inspiration (Czech: Inspirace) is a 1949 Czechoslovak animated^[1] short film directed by Karel Zeman.^[2] It is a wordless stop-motion film made using glass figurines. The characters in the film are stock characters from Italian commedia dell'arte.^[3]

Inspirace
Directed by	Karel Zeman
Written by	Karel Zeman
Starring	Karel Zeman
Cinematography	Antonín Horák
Edited by	Zdeněk Stehlík
Music by	Zdeněk Liška
Release date	1 January 1949 (1949-01-01)
Running time	10 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Plot synopsis

An unnamed man, implied to be an artist, is looking at a drop of water by his window. In it, he sees the clown Pierrot being spurned by his beloved Columbine, who is riding in a horse-drawn carriage.