Ferda The Ant In The Foreign Service

Ferda The Ant In The Foreign Service

1979 · 11 min · Animation, Family

Everyone knows Ferda the Ant, who knows how to work with everyone and selflessly helps all small animals from the beetle empire. Everything with him is fun, but he can also punish stupidity and injustice.

Directed by Hermína Týrlová · Written by Jindřich Vodička

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