Charming

A charming film in which little-known puppet animator Guus Harmsen proves he can bring to life this awkwardly proportioned character. The film’s storyline is naïve and simplistic, but its scope and colorful design make up for it.

Trivia

Typically, the Dutchy films contain no spoken dialogue or printed texts. This film however features a recurring theme song, which involved having to re-record the song in many different languages. Similarly, all printed text had to be re-shot in different languages. This was avoided in later productions, as it added significantly to the production costs.

Most of the film’s extras in crowd scenes are “borrowed” puppets from various other productions, explaining their sometimes noticeable different designs. This was not unusual, as by this time the studio had built up a huge reservoir of puppets they could tap into, saving time and money, with the client never having to find out.
The Dutch Dairy Board produced a short documentary for its members to introduce Dutchy as animated character.