Oct 01, 2001
29 min
Full-HD

Tale of Tales (2001)

Skazka Skazok (Tale of Tales) is a 27-minute animated short film, considered the masterpiece of influential Russian animator Yuri Norstein. Told in a non-narrative style by free association, the film employs various techniques including puppets, cut-outs, and traditional cell animation. Using classical music and '30s jazz tunes instead of dialogue.

Category

Animation

Country

Soviet Union

Companies

Soyuzmultfilm

Aleksandr Kalyagin

Little Grey Wolf (voice)

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