The Blue Bird (1970 film)
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The Blue Bird is a 1970
Soviet
animated
feature film
based upon the play
by Maurice Maeterlinck
. It was directed by Vasily Livanov
and made at the Soyuzmultfilm
studio. It uses a mix of traditional
and cutout animation
.
1970 in film
The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 9 - Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, therefore ending his career....
Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
animated
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
based upon the play
L'Oiseau Bleu
The Blue Bird is a 1908 play by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck. It premiered on 30 September 1908 at Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre and has been turned into several films and a TV series. The French composer Albert Wolff wrote an opera The Blue Bird is a 1908 play by Belgian...
by Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also called Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life...
. It was directed by Vasily Livanov
Vasily Livanov
Vasily Borisovich Livanov MBE is a Soviet and Russian film actor, and screenwriter.-Biography:His father Boris Livanov was a prominent actor of the Moscow Art Theatre...
and made at the Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Over the years it has gained international attention and respect, garnering numerous awards both at home and abroad. Noted for a great variety of style, it is regarded as the most influential animation studio of the former Soviet Union...
studio. It uses a mix of traditional
Traditional animation
Traditional animation, is an animation technique where each frame is drawn by hand...
and cutout animation
Cutout animation
Cutout animation is a technique for producing animations using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card, stiff fabric or even photographs...
.
Crew
| English | Russian | |
|---|---|---|
| Director | Vasiliy Livanov | Василий Ливанов |
| Scenario | Vasiliy Livanov | Василий Ливанов |
| Art Directors | Boris Sadovnikov Maks Zherebchevskiy |
Борис Садовников Макс Жеребчевский |
| Artists | S. Kuznetsov Anna Atamanova Stanislav Sokolov Stanislav Sokolov Stanislav Mihaylovich Sokolov is a Russian stop-motion animation director. He graduated from VGIK in 1971 and has since then worked with Studios Soyuzmultfilm, DEFA, Christmasfilms and S4C. He was awarded a number of prizes for his films, most notably an Emmy in 1992 for his contribution to The... L. Chalaya Z. Zarb Alexei Solovyov Ye. Balabanova Dmitriy Anpilov |
С. Кузнецов Анна Атаманова Станислав Соколов Л. Чалая З. Зарб Алексей Соловьёв Е. Балабанова Дмитрий Анпилов |
| Animators | Kirill Malyantovich Yana Volskaya Gennadiy Sokolskiy Anatoliy Abarenov Yuriy Kuzyurin Iosif Kuroyan Yuriy Butyrin Valentin Kushnerev Oleg Safronov Nataliya Bogomolova Violetta Kolesnikova Boris Butakov S. Zhutovskaya Sergei Dyozhkin |
Кирилл Малянтович Яна Вольская Геннадий Сокольский Анатолий Абаренов Юрий Кузюрин Иосиф Куроян Юрий Бутырин Валентин Кушнерев Олег Сафронов Наталия Богомолова Виолетта Колесникова Борис Бутаков С. Жутовская Сергей Дёжкин |
| Camera Operator | Mikhail Druyan | Михаил Друян |
| Executive Producer | Lyubov Butyrina | Любовь Бутырина |
| Composer | Gennadiy Gladkov | Геннадий Гладков |
| Sound Operator | Georgiy Martynyuk | Георгий Мартынюк |
| Script Editor | Arkadiy Snesarev | Аркадий Снесарев |
| Voice Actors | Liya Akhendzhakova Vladimir Kenigson Yuriy Yakovlev (grandpa) Rina Zelyonaya (grandma) Lyudmila Gnilova Lyudmila Gnilova Lyudmila Vladimirovna Gnilova is a Russian and Soviet actress and voice actress. She was awarded as an Meritorious Artist .- Biography :... |
Лия Ахеджакова Владимир Кенигсон Юрий Яковлев (Дедушка) Рина Зелёная (Бабушка) Людмила Гнилова |
| Editor | Lidiya Kyaksht | Лидия Кякшт |