Gingerbread Heart

Sensitivity to the needs of others and selfless help is always rewarded…

Szymek lives in a mining town. His father is a miner and his mother is a housewife. On his tenth birthday she gives Szymek a gingerbread heart. The boy takes it with him to a clay pit. There he meets the Old Man looking for his pipe. Szymek joins the search and when rain starts to pour, he helps the Old Man pull his cart out of the mud. On the way home he realises that he’s lost the gift from his mum. He looks for it but can’t find it anywhere…

Film from Polish Fairy Tales series

directed and set decoration by Anna Dudek
written by Anna Dudek, Jacek Adamczak
based on a fable by Kornelia Dobkiewiczowa
music, sound effects by Arnold Dąbrowski
layout Lesław Budzelewski, Janusz Gałązkowski
produced by Telewizyjne Studio Filmów Animowanych
co-produced by Telewizja Polska, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny