The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda (1973)

Original title

Сказка о попе и о работнике его Балде

Directed by

Inessa Kovalevskaya

Genre

animation

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

19h 48m

Rated

6+

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 9 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.

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How it feels

A priest hires a clever worker named Balda to do tasks for him. The worker outsmarts the priest and gets the better of their deal.

musicalwhimsicalfairy-talelightheartedfolkishplayful

What happens

«Сказка о попе и о работнике его Балде» — рисованный советский мультипликационный фильм и музыкальное представление по мотивам одноимённой сказки-новеллы (1830) Александра Сергеевича Пушкина. Создан на киностудии «Союзмультфильм» в 1973 году. Реплики всех героев мультфильма являются фрагментами оригинальной сказки, положенными на музыку Анатолия Быканова, в исполнении Олега Анофриева. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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