Hans and the Silver Skates DVD 1995 Nagy verseny / Produced by David C. Field, Roz Phillips / Classic Cartoon

UPC 5999547790183

REGION 2 PAL DVD  

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: HUNGARIAN 2.0, English 2.0

SUBTITLES: -

TOTAL RUNTIME: 50 minutes

English Summary:

Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (full title: Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland) is a novel by American author Mary Mapes Dodge, first published in 1865. The novel takes place in the Netherlands and is a colorful fictional portrait of early 19th-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor.

The book's title refers to the beautiful silver skates to be awarded to the winner of the ice-skating race Hans Brinker hopes to enter. The novel introduced the sport of Dutch speed skating to Americans, and in U.S. media Hans Brinker is still considered the prototypical speed skater.

The book is also notable for popularizing the story of the little Dutch boy who plugs a dike with his finger.

For ten years, poor Hans and Gretel have been living in poverty with their mother and very ill father. Their luck finally reverses when they rescue a rich lady's dog which has fallen through the ice She rewards them each with a new pair of skates and finds a physician for their father. All live happily ever after....

Hungarian Summary:

A Hollandiában 1845-ben játszódó történet szép példája az emberi szeretetnek és kitartásnak. Hans és Gretel édesapját - az egy évvel korábbi nagy árvíz idején - baleset érte, miközben próbálta menteni a gátat. Azóta öntudatlanul fekszik az ágyán. A családnak már minden pénze elfogyott. Ebben a helyzetben a gyerekek nem is gondolhatnak arra, hogy elinduljanak a nagy korcsolya versenyen, hiszen nekik csak egy fakorcsolyára telik, hogz megnyerjék a fődíjat, az ezüst korcsolyát. Vagy mégis minden rendbejöhet?