Tale of Tales (1979 film)

Tale of Tales
Little Grey Wolf from Tale of Tales
Directed byYuri Norstein
Written by
Produced bySoyuzmultfilm
StarringAlexander Kalyagin
CinematographyIgor Skidan-Bossin
Edited by
  • Nadezhda Treshcheva
  • Natalya Abramova
Music by
Release date
  • 5 January 1979 (1979-01-05)
Running time
29 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Tale of Tales (Russian: Сказка сказок, Skazka skazok) is a 1979 Soviet/Russian animated film directed by Yuri Norstein[1][2] and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow.[3] Having won numerous awards, acclaimed by both critics and animators, various polls have recognized it as the greatest animated film of all time.[4] The film was analyzed in the 2005 book Yuri Norstein and Tale of Tales: An Animator's Journey by Clare Kitson.

  1. ^ Book Review: 'Yuri Norstein and Tale of Tales: An Animator's Journey - Animation World Network
  2. ^ 12 Totally Strange and Underseen Animated Films|PopMatters
  3. ^ Animating by Candlelight - Animation Obsessive
  4. ^ Byatt, AS (2005-04-16). "Sweet little mystery". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-05-24.