The Films of Yuri Norstein

The Films of Yuri Norstein

2K Restored Edition

2017 · 80 min · Animation

6 Films of legendary russian animation master Yuriy Norshteyn are now fully 2K restored in Steelbook! Blu-ray&DVD

Directed by Yuri Norstein · Written by Sergey Kozlov

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Aleksey Batalov Narrator (voice)
Mariya Vinogradova Hedgehog (voice)
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy Bear (voice)

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Magia Russica

Magia Russica · 2004

MovieDocumentaryAnimation

A poetic view of Russian animation and of cultural and social transformations Russian society has been gone through. It is about multi faceted and humorous animation, almost never exposed to western eyes.

Beavers Are on the Trail

Beavers Are on the Trail · 1970

Beavers Are on the Trail

A cartoon about beavers whose school pike was stolen one day during a lesson. And so the little beaver detectives follow the trail of the kidnapper.

New Year Tale

New Year Tale · 1972

Tale about schoolchildren who are preparing for the New Year and lisping goblin who can't pronounce words of children's holiday song.

Autumn

The third film of the biographical cycle based on Pushkin's drawings and texts.

Hedgehog in the Fog

Hedgehog in the Fog · 1975

Hedgehog in the Fog

MovieAnimationAdventure

A little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect...

Two Stories

Two Stories · 1962

MovieFamilyAnimation

Tale of Tales

Tale of Tales · 1979

Distant, well-worn memories of childhood are inhabited by a little gray wolf. Through astonishing imagery, the memory of all of Russia is depicted.

Cheburashka

Cheburashka · 1971

MovieAnimationFamily

Second animation about Gena and Cheburashka. Cheburashka wishes Gena the Crocodile a happy birthday and gives him a toy helicopter as a gift. After meeting some pioneers, they decide to be pioneers themselves. They build a playground for the local children and collect scrap metal, after which they become pioneers.

Shapoklyak

Shapoklyak · 1974

MovieAnimationFamily

Gena the Crocodile and Cheburashka decide to go to the sea on vacation. Shapoklyak steals their train tickets, so they are kicked off the train. On their way home, the duo, with Shapoklyak's help, stops hikers from poaching and a factory from polluting a river.

The Heron and the Crane

The Heron and the Crane · 1974

The Heron and the Crane

Animated short about a love between a heron and a crane.

How One Peasant Fed Two Generals

How One Peasant Fed Two Generals · 1965

How One Peasant Fed Two Generals

The screen version of the Saltykov-Shchedrin tale about how two complacent generals miraculously found themselves on an uninhabited island. How a peasant was courting the generals, feeding and dressing them, content himself with crumbs from their table. They only slightly thanked him, but in the end they gave him only glass of vodka and a penny of silver.

I Am Flying to You as a Memory...

I Am Flying to You as a Memory... · 1977

I Am Flying to You as a Memory...

The film is based on the drawings and manuscripts of A.S.Pushkin.

My Green Crocodile

My Green Crocodile · 1966

My Green Crocodile

A green crocodile who loves flowers and leaves falls in love with a pretty cow.

Left-Hander

Left-Hander · 1964

MovieAnimationFamily

Surprising master Lefty, who grounded a steel flea. This feature-length cutout-animated film from the Soviet Union is based on the story of the same name by the 19th century Russian novelist Nikolai Leskov. It was directed by the "Patriarch of Soviet animation", Ivan Ivanov-Vano, at the Soyuzmult film studio.

Boniface's Holiday

Boniface's Holiday · 1965

Boniface's Holiday

MovieAnimationComedy

A circus lion goes on holiday to Africa, but his circus skills doesn't let him be. Based on the tale of the Czech writer Milos Macourek "Boniface and his nephews»

Winter Days

Winter Days · 2003

An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional collaborative nature of the source material – the visuals for each of the 36 stanzas were independently created by 35 different animators. As well as many Japanese animators, Kawamoto assembled leading names in animation from across the world. Each animator was asked to contribute at least 30 seconds to illustrate their stanza, and most of the sequences are under a minute (Yuriy Norshteyn's, though, is nearly two minutes long).

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