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

Country

Soviet Union, Japan

Runtime

1h 05m

Rated

6

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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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