Film detail | The Ugly Duckling

A Thousand and One Night

Country: Russia
Language: Russian
Subtitles: České
Directed by: Garri Bardin
Year: 2010
Length: 75`
Rating: 13
Story: Hans Christian Andersen
Screenplay: Garri Bardin
Director of Photography: Ivan Remizov
Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky
Edited by: Irina Sobinova-Kassil
Production: Stayer Animation Film Studio

Synopsis: A strange looking duckling hatched out in the yard from an unusual egg. It was unlike the other ducklings. All the poultry in the yard thought it was ugly. The duckling is made of plasticine in the film, while all other poultry (geese, ducks, turkeys) are made of feather. All the Ugly Duckling´s trials are acted out to the accompaniment of Tchaikovsky´s "Swan´s Lake". There is a happy ending; the Ugly Duckling turns into a beautiful swan and soar over the envious "ordinary" birds in the poultry yard. There is a beautiful swan in every child, even if he doesn´t look like other children. One just has to believe and hold on to hope.

Garri Bardin: Garry Bardin (1941) is a Russian animator, screenwriter and director. He graduated from a school of dramatic arts and worked as an actor. He later began working at Sojuzmultfilm studio, where he made a number of animated films, e.g., The Flying Ship (??????? ???????,1979) and Conflict (????????,1983). He is currently working at his own studio, Stayer, where he's made, among others, the films Puss in Boots (??? ? ???????, 1995), Adagio (??????, 2000) and The Ugly Duckling (?????? ??????, 2010 ).

Where and when The Ugly Duckling is screened

Where	When	Reservation
Golden Apple Cinema, č. 5	May 30th at 15:00	N/A

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