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It's a Crime
195712 min 32 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Wolf Koenig
Production: Tom Daly
Script: Roman KroitorGuy Glover
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of Labour.
An animated film, in a humorous vein, showing how seasonal unemployment may be greatly lessened if industry, and the public generally, avail themselves of the increased labour supply during winter lay-offs. The advice comes from someone who knows--a gentleman thief and safecracker whose nefarious but highly skilled profession gives him a particular advantage in assessing the state of business, and the contents of strong boxes, during the winter fall-off of work. How the situation may be rectified with a little foresight and imagination is amply and amusingly illustrated.
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Subject categories
- Industry and Commerce > Construction IndustriesWork and Labour Relations
- Economics > Employment and UnemploymentWork Issues
- Work and Labour Relations > Unemployment and Job Hunting
Credits
- animation
- Gerald Potterton
- story
- Roman Kroitor
- layout
- Colin Low
- design
- Colin Low
- director
- Wolf Koenig
- backgrounds
- Dino Rigolo
- Pierre L'Amare
- Sidney Goldsmith
- assistant
- Obaid Ul Haque
- camera
- Douglas Poulter
- James Wilson
- commentary
- Guy Glover
- sound recording
- Joseph Champagne
- music
- Eldon Rathburn
- zither
- Ernst Naser
- producer
- Tom Daly
Awards
- Diploma of HonourInternational Film Festival
- DiplomaInternational Labour and Industrial Film Triennal