
Tale of Tales(1979)
Distant, well-worn memories of childhood are inhabited by a little gray wolf. Through astonishing imagery, the memory of all of Russia is depicted.

A crane and other magical creatures save a poor fisherman from a greedy miller. Based on Russian folk tales.

Georgiy Vitsin
Crane (voice)

Vladimir Ratomsky
Old man (voice)
The Old Man and the Crane is a animation film released in 1958. Directed by Roman Kachanov, it stars Georgiy Vitsin, Vladimir Ratomsky. A crane and other magical creatures save a poor fisherman from a greedy miller. Based on Russian folk tales.
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