The Glass Harmonica (1968)
- Original title
- Стеклянная гармоника
- Directed by
- Andrei Khrzhanovsky
- Genre
- fantasy film, comedy film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A musical instrument brings joy and creativity to a drab town but the authorities ban it. The story follows the consequences of this suppression through fantastical imagery.
surrealwhimsicalplayfuldreamlikevisually densesatiricalexperimentalwordless
What happens
The Glass Harmonica (Russian: Стеклянная гармоника, romanized: Steklyannaya Garmonika) is a 1968 Soviet animated short film directed by Andrei Khrzhanovsky. It gained notoriety for being banned in the USSR until the perestroika. It is also notable for its unique and surreal animation, which includes references to many artworks by Renaissance and other artists including René Magritte, Hieronymus Bosch, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Francisco Goya, Albrecht Dürer, El Greco, John Heartfield, and Pinturicchio. The film also contains no spoken dialogue and relies on visual storytelling. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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