The Gallant Little Tailor

1957
10m

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

A little tailor, plagued by flies kills seven of them at one stroke. Pleased with his exploit, he embroiders on his belt the words 'Seven at one stroke'. When people read this he is taken fo... Read allA little tailor, plagued by flies kills seven of them at one stroke. Pleased with his exploit, he embroiders on his belt the words 'Seven at one stroke'. When people read this he is taken for a great hero and sent to fight the giants.A little tailor, plagued by flies kills seven of them at one stroke. Pleased with his exploit, he embroiders on his belt the words 'Seven at one stroke'. When people read this he is taken for a great hero and sent to fight the giants.

Director
- Lotte Reiniger
Writers

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Lotte Reiniger
Writers

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos

Storyline

Edit

User reviews1

Review

Featured review

9/10

Seven With One Stroke

The 1950s were a busy, productive decade for Lotte Reiniger, that unequaled creator of silhouette movies. Her elaborately edged and articulated figures, pure black against a gouache of grey, gave an air of eavesdropping on something private. Also, the scores provided, as here, by Freddie Phillips, offer an eminently suitable accompaniment to the humorous story of how a clever tailor outwits a kingdom and two giants.

Although this is a shorter version of the Gallant Little Tailor than offered by the Brothers Grimm, it fills up its ten minutes highly amusingly. As with almost all her work, all I can do is tell you this is up to her impeccable standards and to go and look at it right now.