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
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.
whimsicalmelancholicpensivegentlelanguidpoeticfolkloric
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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