Animation · East Germany · 1986 · 19m

The Falling Shadow

Der fallende Schatten

Synopsis

A wise old man teaches a boy the art of building. The boy develops outstanding skills. He builds the most magnificent palaces, but something inside him atrophies. The flip side of humanity, the shadow, grows beyond him.

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