Twelve Months (1980)
- Original title
- 世界名作童話 森は生きている
- Directed by
- Yūgo Serikawa, Tetsuo Imazawa, Kimio Yabuki
- Genre
- cinematic fairy tale, Fantasy
- Country
- Soviet Union, Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 05m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 20 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.
How it feels
A young orphan girl is sent into a snowy forest by her cruel stepmother to find flowers in winter. She encounters the spirits of the twelve months who help her survive and teach a lesson about kindness and greed.
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What happens
Twelve Months (世界名作童話 森は生きている, Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Mori wa Ikiteiru; lit. 'World Masterpiece Fairy Tales: The Forest That Lives'; Russian: Двенадцать месяцев, romanized: Dvenadcať mesjacev) is a 1980 animated feature film directed by Kimio Yabuki and produced by Toei Animation from Japan in partnership with Soyuzmultfilm from the Soviet Union. It was based on the 1943 play written by Samuil Marshak which itself was based on the medieval fairy tale of the same name. The music was composed by Vladimir Ivanovich Krivtsov and performed by the National Leningrad Philharmonic under the direction of A. S. Dmitriev. Preceded by The Wild Swans (1977) and Thumbelina (1978), and followed by Swan Lake (1981) and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1982), it represents the third episode in Toei's World Masterpiece Fairy Tales film series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Geese-Swans (1949)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.