Animation · Soviet Union · 1974 · 10m

The Heron and the Crane

Цапля и журавль

The Heron and the Crane poster

Director

Cast

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as Narrator (Voice)

Crew

Aleksandr Zhukovskiy — Director of Photography Nadezhda Treshchyova — Editor Mikhail Meerovich — Original Music Composer Yuri Norstein — Screenplay Roman Kachanov — Writer Yuri Norstein — Writer

Synopsis

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

Mood & Themes

crane based on myths, legends or folklore interspecies romance short film heron

Key Collaborators

Yuri Norstein Director Aleksandr Zhukovskiy Director of Photography Nadezhda Treshchyova Editor Mikhail Meerovich Original Music Composer Yuri Norstein Screenplay Roman Kachanov Writer Yuri Norstein Writer Vladimir Ivanovich Dal Story Natan Bitman Producer

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