Underplayed Gems

The Twelve Months (1973)

The Twelve Months poster
Original title
Двенадцать месяцев
Directed by
Anatoliy Granik
Genre
fantasy film, children's film, Christmas film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
2h 18m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

A young girl is sent into the winter forest to find flowers by a demanding stepmother. She meets the twelve months who help her complete the impossible task.

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What happens

The Twelve Months (Russian: Двенадцать месяцев, romanized: Dvenadtsat mesyatsev) is a 1973 Soviet Lenfilm fantasy film directed by Anatoliy Granik based on the play by Samuil Marshak adapted from the fairy tale with the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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