The Kidnapping of the Sun and Moon
Shorts Showcase: miniature masterpieces from the Klassiki collection
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12m
Directed by Sándor Reisenbüchler • 1968 • Hungary
Inspired by Carpathian folklore and based on the epic poem by Ferenc Juhász, this mesmerising animated short by the great Sándor Reisenbüchler imagines a world destroyed and then rebuilt. A fearsome, seven-headed dragon swallows the sun and moon, wreaking devastation on man and beast alike, until a hero with a flaming sword rides to the rescue. Reisenbüchler brings his folkloric, ecologically-minded worldview vividly to life with an eye-popping colour palette and a radical paper collage technique.
THE KIDNAPPING OF THE SUN AND MOON • A NAP ÉS A HOLD ELRABLÁSA
Written and directed by Sándor Reisenbüchler
From the poem by Ferenc Juhász
Cinematography by István Harsági
Music by Carl Orff, Krzysztof Penderecki, Antonio Vivaldi
In Hungarian with English subtitles
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, 1969
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