A shepherd's son marries royalty in 10 minutes of Soviet animation chaos.
A tale of how, despite all the efforts of a wicked and cruel padishah, his only daughter marries the tenth son of the poorest shepherd.
Direction
Royzman packs epic scope into ten tight minutes.
Production
Distinctive 1970s Soviet animation aesthetic, all texture and shadow.
Director
Zinoviy Royzman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Soviet animators often used folklore to critique authority while dodging censorship — the evil padishah reads as thinly veiled bureaucratic satire.
Zinoviy Royzman was a prolific director at Soyuzmultfilm, the legendary Soviet animation studio that produced over 1,500 films despite chronic underfunding.
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