The Magic Pipe (1998)

Directed by

Mikhail Tumelya

Genre

cartoon

Country

Russia

How it feels

A story about a young hero who finds a magical pipe that has special powers. The film uses stop-motion animation with many hand-crafted puppets to tell the tale.

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What happens

The Magic Pipe (Russian: Волше́бная свире́ль, Volshebnaya svirel) is a 1998 Russian stop motion-animated feature film directed by Mikhail Tumelya. Work on the film started in 1993, and it was Russia's fifth feature-length animation to be released after the collapse of the Soviet Union (the first was Underwater Berets in 1991). Over 120 puppets were used in the film. The funds came largely from FAF Entertainment. It was released theatrically at a number of film festivals before being released on VHS by Extra Video. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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