Stolen Sun
About Stolen Sun
A crocodile swallows the sun, and the earth goes dark. A bear fights the crocodile and puts the sun back in the sky. The short follows Korney Chukovsky's tale of the same name. A hedgehog and a female hare are among the voices.
Cast & crew
More about Stolen Sun
Natan Lerner directed this cut-out cartoon for the Ekran creative unit, not Soyuzmultfilm. Lyudmila Petrushevskaya wrote the script from Chukovsky. Igor Mednik was the art director. Vladimir Milovanov was the cameraman. David Krivitsky wrote the music. Oleg Solomonov recorded the sound. Soviet Central Television distributed it. Russian Wikipedia times it at 9 minutes 41 seconds. Afisha lists 13 February 1978.
Themes
Making
Petrushevskaya, later known for her plays, wrote this television fairy tale for Ekran's cut-out unit. The animals are flat figures moved under the camera.
Look
Vladimir Milovanov shot the cut-out figures. Igor Mednik designed them.
Music
David Krivitsky composed the score.
Notes
- Viktor Khokhryakov speaks the narration and the crocodile.
- Roman Filippov speaks the bear. Yuri Medvedev speaks the hedgehog. Tatyana Zhukova-Kirtbaya speaks the hare.
- Animators named on the Russian page include Vadim Medzhibovsky, Olga Anashkina, Valery Churik, Lera Rybchevskaya, and Natalya Grachyova.
- The Russian title is Kradenoye solntse.
Scenes
- The crocodile takes the sun and the light goes.
- The bear fights him and the sun is back in the sky.
Influenced by
- Korney Chukovsky's The Stolen Sun