The Stone Flower (1977 film)

The Stone Flower
Каменный цветок
Directed byOleg Nikolaevsky
Screenplay byAlexander Timofeevsky
Story byPavel Bazhov
Narrated byY. Puzyrev
CinematographyValentin Bazhenov
Music byVladislav Kazenin
Production
company
Distributed byUSSR Gosteleradio
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
Running time
26 min. 35 sec.
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The Stone Flower (Russian: Каменный цветок, romanized: Kamennyj tsvetok) is a stop motion animated film directed by Oleg Nikolaevsky.[1] It is an adaptation of Pavel Bazhov's stories "The Stone Flower" and its sequel "The Master Craftsman". It was released by Sverdlovsk Film Studio in 1977.[1][2]

The film combined stop motion and live action scenes. It was narrated by Y. Puzyrev,[2] with the music composed by Vladislav Kazenin.[1]

The Stone Flower is a part of the animated film series made at Sverdlovsk Film Studio from the early 1970s to early 1980s, on time for the 100th anniversary since the birth of Pavel Bazhov. The series included the following films: Sinyushka's Well (1973), The Mistress of the Copper Mountain (1975), The Malachite Casket (1976), The Stone Flower (1977), Podaryonka (based on "Silver Hoof", 1978[3]), Golden Hair (1979), and The Grass Hideaway (1982).

  1. ^ a b c "A Stone Flower". Animator.ru. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b "The list of animated films" (in Russian). Soyztelefilm. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. ^ "A Little Present". Animator.ru. Retrieved 1 December 2015.