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The Battle of Kerzhenets

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'The Battle of Kerzhenets' (; tr.: 'Secha pri Kerzhentse') is a 1971 Soviet animated film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Yuri Norstein. The film is set to music by Rimsky-Korsakov and uses Russian frescoes and paintings from the 14th16th centuries. These are animated using 2-dimensional stop motion animation.

Plot



The story is based on the legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (made into a 4-act opera by Rimsky-Korsakov in 1907), which disappears under the waters of a lake to escape an attack by the Mongols. (Russia was under the Mongol-Tartar yoke for a period of three centuries in the Middle Ages.)

The film itself follows the legend only loosely, however, and its highpoint is a battle between the Russian soldiers and the Mongol hordes, symbolizing a clash of cultures (the Virgin Mary appears early in the film, in effect watching over the Russian side of the battle).

Awards



*1971—Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Prize for Best Animated Film

*1972—Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films: Grand Prize

*1972—Tbilisi: Prize for Best Animated Film

*1972—Bombay Film Festival: "Diplom"

Creators



See also



*History of Russian animation

*List of stop-motion films


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