The Story of a Crime
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The Story of a Crime is a 1962 Soviet animated film directed by Fedor Khitruk based on a screenplay by Michael Volpin. Produced by Soyuzmultfilm
. Music score by Andrey Babaev, sound editing by George Martynuk. Runtime - 19 min. 54 sec.
It became the first animation work by the prominent Russian animator Fedor Khitruk.
Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Over the years it has gained international attention and respect, garnering numerous awards both at home and abroad. Noted for a great variety of style, it is regarded as the most influential animation studio of the former Soviet Union...
. Music score by Andrey Babaev, sound editing by George Martynuk. Runtime - 19 min. 54 sec.
It became the first animation work by the prominent Russian animator Fedor Khitruk.
Plot summary
Noises at night made by rude neighbors cause the very friendly and peaceful Vasily Mamin to commit a crime.Awards
- 9th International Short Film FestivalInternational Short Film Festival OberhausenThe International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, founded in 1954, is one of the oldest short film festivals in the world and one of the major international platforms for the short form...
in Oberkhauzen (Federal Republic of Germany), 1963 - Diploma and The Golden Gates Prize of the 7th International Cinema Festival in San Francisco, 1962
External links
- The Story of a Crime at animator.ruAnimator.ruAnimator.ru is a Russian website chronicling the films, people and studios of the animation industry in Russia, the former Soviet Union and the CIS. It also includes a forum, a news block, a photo-gallery and an animators labour exchange...
- Dazzling animations at Tampere Film FestivalTampere Film FestivalThe Tampere Film Festival is a short film festival held every March in the Finnish town of Tampere. It is accredited by the film producers' society FIAPF, and together with the short film festivals in Oberhausen and Clermont-Ferrand, it is among the most important European short film festivals.The...
web page - The Spirit Of Genius: Feodor Khitruk by William MoritzWilliam MoritzWilliam Moritz , film historian, specialized in visual music and experimental animation. His principal published works concerned abstract filmmaker and painter Oskar Fischinger...
- Konstantin Bronzit, Alesha Popovich and Tugarin the Serpent (Alesha Popovich i Tugarin Zmei) (2004) at Kinokultura.com