''The Heron and the Crane'' (russian: Цапля и журавль, ''Tsaplya i zhuravl'') is a 1974 10-minute

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

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animated film directed by

Yuri Norstein Yuri Borisovich Norstein, PAR (russian: link=no, Ю́рий Бори́сович Норште́йн; born 15 September 1941) is a Soviet and Russian animator best known for his animated shorts '' Hedgehog in the Fog'' and '' Tale of Tales''. Sin ...

and produced by 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 ...

Summary

Based on the folk tale about the unlucky never-ending courtship of the title characters (a male crane and a female heron, each changing their own minds).Yuri Norstein - after "The Overcoat"-Odessa Animation Studio
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Cast

Innokenty Smoktunovsky Innokenty Mikhailovich Smoktunovsky (russian: Иннокентий Михайлович Смоктуновский; born ''Smoktunovich'', 28 March 19253 August 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named a People's Artist ...

as Narrator's voice

References

External links

''The Heron and the Crane''
at Yuri Norstein's official website *
''The Heron and the Crane'' on MUBI

''The Heron and the Crane'' on Letterboxd
1974 animated films 1974 short films Films directed by Yuri Norstein Russian animated short films Soviet animated short films Soyuzmultfilm Animated films about birds Films based on Russian folklore {{short-animation-film-stub