Hedgehog in the Fog
Shorts Showcase: miniature masterpieces from the Klassiki collection
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10m
Directed by Yuri Norstein • 1976 • USSR/Russia
Directed by master artist Yuri Norstein, Hedgehog in the Fog is one of the world’s most beloved animated classics. The film follows a hedgehog as he sets off to look at the stars with his friend, the bear cub. But, distracted by a beautiful white horse, he loses his way in the fog. The film revels in the sensory disorientation that results. Alternately serene and mystical, dark and frightening, Norstein’s animation functions as a metaphor for the joys and terrors of the subconscious mind.
HEDGEHOG IN THE FOG • ЁЖИК В ТУМАНЕ
Directed by Yuri Norstein
Written by Sergei Kozlov
Cinematographer by Aleksandr Zhukovsky
Music by Mikhail Meyerovich
Narrated by Alexei Batalov
In Russian with English subtitles
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