The Battle of Kerzhenets
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| The Battle of Kerzhenets | |
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 Title card | |
| Directed by | |
| Written by | Ivan Ivanov-Vano |
| Produced by | Soyuzmultfilm |
| Music by | Rimsky-Korsakov |
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Running time | 10 min 12 sec |
| Country | USSR |
| Language | Russian |
The Battle ofKerzhenets(Russian:Се́ча при Ке́рженце;tr.:Secha pri Kerzhentse) is a 1971Sovietanimated filmdirected byIvan Ivanov-VanoandYuri Norstein.The film is set to music byRimsky-Korsakovand uses Russianfrescoesand paintings from the 14th–16th centuries. These are animated using 2-dimensionalstop motionanimation.
Plot
[edit]The story is based on the legend of theInvisible City of Kitezh(made into a4-act operabyRimsky-Korsakovin1907), which disappears under the waters of a lake to escape an attack by theMongols.(Russia was under theMongol-Tartar yokefor a period of three centuries in theMiddle Ages.)
The film itself follows the legend only loosely, however, and its highpoint is a battle between the Russian soldiers and the Mongol hordes, symbolizing a clash of cultures (theVirgin Maryappears early in the film, in effect watching over the Russian side of the battle).
Awards
[edit]- 1971—Karlovy Vary International Film Festival:Prize for Best Animated Film
- 1972—Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films:Grand Prize
- 1972—Tbilisi:Prize for Best Animated Film
- 1972—BombayFilm Festival: "Diplom"
Creators
[edit]| Role | Name |
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| Directors | Yuri Norstein (Юрий Норштейн) Ivan Ivanov-Vano (Иван Иванов-Вано) |
| Writer | Ivan Ivanov-Vano (Иван Иванов-Вано) |
| Art directors | Marina Sokolova(Марина Соколова) Arkadiy Tyurin(Аркадий Тюрин) |
| Animators | Yuri Norstein (Юрий Норштейн) Aleksandr Rozhkov(Александр Рожков) Boris Saavin(Борис Савин) Vyacheslav Shilobreyev(Вячеслав Шилобреев) |
| Camera operator | Vladimir Saruhanov(Владимир Саруханов) |
| Composer | Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov(Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков) |
| Sound operator | Boris Filchikov(Борис Фильчиков) |
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- The Battle of KerzhenetsatIMDb
- The Battle of Kerzhenetsat theAnimator.ru(English and Russian)
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