Title from disc label. DVD release of the 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, and 1978 motion pictures. Dolby digital. Special features include: documentary on Yuri Norstein.
Contents:
Tale of tales 25th : the first day (1978, 29 min.) / Kino-studii͡a "Soi͡uzmulʹtfilʹm" ; rezhisser i khudozhnik-mulʹtiplikator, I͡U. Norshteĭn. Secha pri Kerzhenet͡se = Battle of Kerjenets (1971, 10 min.) / Soyuzmultfilm Studio Stop Motion Division ; script by I. Ivanov-Vano ; directors, I. Ivanov-Vano, Y. Norstein -- Lisa i zai͡at͡s = Fox and rabbit (1975, 12 min.) / Russian folk tale retold by V.I. Dal ; director, Y. Norstein ; animator, Y. Norstein ; tale told by V. Khohriakov -- T͡sapli͡a i zhurablʹ = Heron and crane (1974, 10 min.) / script by R. Kachanov and Y. Norstein ; director and artist-animator, Y. Norstein ; narrator, Enokenti Smoktunovsky -- Ëzhik v tymane = Hedgehog in the fog (1975, 10 min.) / rezhisser i mulʹtiplikator, I͡U. Norshteĭn -- Skazka skazok = Tale of tales (1978, 29 min.) / Kino-studii͡a "Soi͡uzmulʹtfilʹm" ; rezhisser i khudozhnik-mulʹtiplikator, I͡U. Norshteĭn.
Summary:
Features animated shorts by Russian animator Yuri Norstein, including his first film, 25th : the first day, about the first day of the October Revolution, which combines poetry by Mayakovsky and music by Shostakovich with images and motifs inspired by the art of a number of Russia's leading avant-garde and post-revolutionary artists. Includes Battle of Kerjenets, which is based on a legendary Russian battle and features frescoes, icons, and Rimsky-Korsakov music, and several animated shorts based on Russian folk tales. Also presents Tale of tales, which weaves threads of realism and nostalgia around a popular Russian lullaby, Pablo Picasso's minotaur, and images of the lost glories of Alexander Pushkin and the golden age of Russian literature.
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