Hedgehog in the Fog
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| The Hedgehog in the Fog | |
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 The hedgehog and bearcub are counting the stars. The Bear cub was talking and talking, "...because... if not you, who else would count the stars?" And the Hedgehog was thinking, "Isn't it wonderful that we are together again?" |
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| Directed by | Yuriy Norshteyn |
| Produced by | Soyuzmultfilm |
| Written by | Sergei Kozlov |
| Starring | Alexei Batalov Maria Vinogradova Vyacheslav Nevinniy |
| Music by | Mikhail Meyerovich |
| Cinematography | Nadezhda Treschyova |
| Editing by | Natalia Abramova |
| Release date(s) | 1975 (USSR) |
| Running time | 10 min 29 sec |
| Country | USSR |
| Language | Russian |
| Followed by | If the Stars Fall (1978) |
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Hedgehog in the Fog (Russian: Ёжик в тума́не, Yozhik v tumane) is a 1975 Soviet animated film directed by Yuriy Norshteyn, produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The script (in Russian) was written by Sergei Grigoryevich Kozlov, who also published a book under the same name. In 2006, Norshteyn published a book with the same name, listing himself as an author along with Kozlov.[1]
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[edit] Plot
This is a story about a little hedgehog (voiced by Mariya Vinogradova) and his friend bear cub (voiced by Vyacheslav Nevinniy). They would meet every evening to drink tea, count the stars and have conversations. One day, as usual, the hedgehog decided to bring raspberry marmalade. As he went to the bear to count the stars, he was already thinking what to talk about. While passing through the woods on the way to his friend, the hedgehog finds a horse standing in a fog. He is curious as to whether the horse would suffocate if it lay down in the fog. Being an explorer, the hedgehog decides to explore the fog.
He finds himself in a strange world inhabited by many frightening creatures (eagle-owl and the bat) but also helpful and kind ones (the dog and the fish); that world of silence and rustles, of darkness, high grass and attracting enchanting stars. He hears the sound of the owl. He is so frightened that it seems to him that the owl is very close. He is frightened, but his curiosity keeps him exploring the unknown. The characters of Hedgehog and Bear cub are very kind and friendly. In contrast, the eagle-owl is very hostile, being on the hunt and not taking care of the beauty of the surrounding world.
[edit] Other information
Quoting a description from the database of the Soviet/Russian animated films: This film is impossible to tell, like music, like nature, like Beauty... [2] . It was awarded the first prize for the best animated film at the All-Union Film Festival in Frunze 1976, also at the Children's and Youth Film Festival in Teheran the same year.
The fog effects were created by putting a very thin piece of paper on top of the scene and slowly lifting it up toward the camera frame-by-frame until everything behind it becomes blurry and white. [3]
[edit] Creators
| Director | Yuriy Norshteyn (Юрий Норштейн) |
| Writer | Sergey Kozlov (Сергей Козлов) |
| Art Director | Franchesca Yarbusova (Франческа Ярбусова) |
| Animator | Yuriy Norshteyn (Юрий Норштейн) |
| Camera Operator | Alexandr Zhukovskiy (Александр Жуковский) |
| Composer | Mikhail Meyerovich (Михаил Меерович) |
| Sound Operator | Boris Filchikov (Борис Фильчиков) |
| Script Editor | Natalya Abramova (Наталья Абрамова) |
| Voice Actors | Alexei Batalov (Алексей Баталов) Narrator Mariya Vinogradova (Мария Виноградова) Hedgehog Vyacheslav Nevinny (Вячеслав Невинный) Bear |
| Film Editor | Nadezhda Treshchyova (Надежда Трещёва) |
[edit] Awards
- 1976—Frunze All-Union Film Festival: Hedgehog in the Fog "best animated film"
- 1976—Teheran Children's and Youth Film Festival: Hedgehog in the Fog "best animated film"
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Hedgehog in the Fog at the Internet Movie Database
- Hedgehog in the Fog at the Keyframe - the Animation Resource
- Fan page (in Russian)
- Laputa Animation Festival 2003 (in Japanese)
| Works of Yuriy Norshteyn |
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Director/Co-director: 25th October, the First Day (1968) • The Battle of Kerzhenets (1971) • The Fox and the Hare (1973) • The Heron and the Crane (1974) • Hedgehog in the Fog (1975) • Tale of Tales (1979) • Winter Days (2003, segment) • The Overcoat (????) |
| Animator (selected films): Lefty (1964) • Go There, Don't Know Where (1966) • Times of the Year (1969) • Cheburashka (1972) • Shapoklyak (1974) • 38 Parrots (1976) • Autumn (1982) • The Book of the Dead (2005) |
