The Queen of the Waves (1936)

Director: Irena Dodalová

An animated short film that explains in a pedagogical way how the radio transmission works. Created by Czech filmmakers it was commissioned by Argentina Schools. The film tells the story of Curious, an extraterrestrial child that reaches the planet earth attracted by the sound waves. There he meets the Queen of Waves, an ethereal figure who teaches her step by step the process by which sound is captured, amplified, modulated and transformed into electromagnetic vibrations to be transmitted by a radial antenna.

Cast

Josef Skupa

Hurvínek aka Všudybyl (voice)

Anna Kreuzmannová

Queen of the Radio Waves (voice)

František Havel

Radio Announcer (voice)