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

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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