Andrei Yurievich Khrzhanovsky (russian: Андрей Юрьевич Хржано́вский; born 30 November 1939 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

) is a Soviet and Russian animator,

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maker, writer and producer known for making

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. He is the father of director

Ilya Khrzhanovsky Ilya Andreyevich Khrzhanovsky (russian: Илья́ Андре́евич Хржановский; born 11 August 1975) is a Russian-born film director, screenwriter, film producer and member of the European Film Academy. His father Andrei Khrzhano ...

. Married to philologist, editor and script doctor Maria Neyman.

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

(2011).

Career

He rose to prominence in the west with his 2009 picture '' Room and a Half'' starring Grigory Dityatkovsky,

Sergei Yursky Sergei Yurievich Yursky (russian: Серге́й Ю́рьевич Ю́рский, 16 March 1935 – 8 February 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and screenwriter. His best known film role is Ostap Bender in '' T ...

Alisa Freindlich Alisa Brunovna Freindlich (russian: Алиса Бруновна Фрейндлих, born 8 December 1934 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1981). Since 1983, Freindlich has been a leading ac ...

) about

Joseph Brodsky Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; russian: link=no, Иосиф Александрович Бродский ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), USSR in 1940, ...

. Although Khrzhanovsky's 1966 dark comedy ''There Lived Kozyavin'' was clearly a comment on the dangerous absurdity of a regimented communist bureaucracy it was approved by the state owned

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. However ''The Glass Harmonica'' in 1968 continuing a theme of heartless bureaucrats confronted by the liberating power of music and art was the first animated film to be officially banned in the Soviet Union.

Filmography (selection)

*''Glass Harmonica'' (1968, short film, russian: Стеклянная гармоника)Soyuzmultfilm Most Famous Characters, HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AND EASTERN EUOPEAN ANIMATION
/ref> *''A Fantastic Tale'' (1978, russian: Чудеса в решете) *''A Pushkin Trilogy'' (1986) *''The Lion with the White Beard'' (1995, russian: Лев с седой бородой) *''A Cat and a Half'' (2002, russian: Полтора кота) *'' Room and a Half'' (2009, russian: Полторы комнаты)

References

External links

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''The Glass Harmonica'' on Open CultureDangerous Minds article on ''The Glass Harmonica''
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