''Left-Hander'' (russian: Левша́, translit. ''Levsha'') is a 1964 feature-length cutout-animated film from the

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. The film is based on the story of the same name by the 19th century Russian novelist

Nikolai Leskov Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (russian: Никола́й Семёнович Леско́в; – ) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist, who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitsky. Praised for his unique w ...

. It was directed by the "Patriarch of Soviet animation", Ivan Ivanov-Vano, at the

Soyuzmultfilm Soyuzmultfilm ( rus, Союзмультфи́льм, p=səˌjʉsmʊlʲtˈfʲilʲm , ''Union Cartoon'') (also known as SMF Animation Studio in English, Formerly known as Soyuzdetmultfilm) is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Launched in ...

studio.Prominent Personalities in the USSR. - Page 224 1968 IVANOV-VANO, Ivan Petrovich, . "V nekotorom tsarstve" (In Some Kingdom) (1958); "Priklyucheniya Buratino" (Bura- tino's Adventures); "Levsha" (The Hander) (1964), etc.; ..." The score was performed by the Government Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Grigori Gamburg.

Plot

The screen version of the

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Nikolay Leskov Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (russian: Никола́й Семёнович Леско́в; – ) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist, who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitsky. Praised for his unique w ...

about the surprising master Lefty who grounded a "aglitskaya" (English) steel flea.

Creators

Awards

*1964 — the Honourable diploma at the VII International film festival short and documentaries in Leipzig.

Video

In 2008 was issued together with animated films " The Humpbacked Horse" 1947 and 1975 on DVD the Krupnyy Plan company.

Creation history

Ivanov-Vano bore an animated film plan about the gifted master in Leskov's story about 30 years. Over time he arrived at idea that the originality of the narration of Leskov can be transferred, having created a graphic row with a support on an art system of the Russian popular print with "its characteristic generality of forms, specific expressiveness". For animation the idea to show evolution of character of the main character was innovative. Art directors at creation of the movie were inspired by ancient engravings (action in the imperial palace), English engravings (the foreign line), and the Tula episodes were solved in the stylistics of a popular print which is organically uniting all three lines. According to the proposal of the animator of "Lefty" Yury Norstein, the movie became in equipment of a turn.

References

External links

''Lefty''
at the

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* * (Official Russian)
''Lefty'' at myltik.ru
1964 films Films directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano 1960s Russian-language films Films using stop-motion animation Soviet animated films Soyuzmultfilm 1964 animated films Films based on short fiction {{1960s-USSR-film-stub