The greatest cartoon you've never heard of, explained by Miyazaki himself.
Norstein conquered the world 36 years ago with the creation of the legendary Hedgehog in the Fog. It was recognized as the best cartoon of all times and peoples according to a survey of film critics and animators from different countries.
Direction
Patient, intimate portrait of a master who barely finished anything.
Production
Rare footage of Norstein's painstaking multi-plane animation technique.
Director
Olesya Fokina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Soviet animation operated in a parallel universe to Disney—state-funded but artistically free, creating works too melancholic for Western children's programming.
Norstein's legendary unfinished The Overcoat has become more famous than many completed films; Ghibli's Takahata called it 'the most important animated film never made.'
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