The Heron and the Crane (1974)

Original title

Цапля и журавль

Directed by

Yuri Norstein

Genre

animation

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

10 min

Rated

U

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 39 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 heron and a crane court each other but their pride and hesitation keep them apart. The short film is based on a Russian folk tale about the cycle of missed connections.

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What happens

The Heron and the Crane (Russian: Цапля и журавль, Tsaplya i zhuravl) is a 1974 10-minute Soviet/Russian animated film directed by Yuri Norstein and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.