The Heron and the Crane

6.9

1974

10m

Animation

Animated short about a love between a heron and a crane.

Key Crew

Director

Yuri Norstein

Producers

Natan Bitman

Writers

Yuri Norstein

Roman Kachanov

Cinematography

Aleksandr Zhukovskiy

Music

Mikhail Meerovich

Cast (1)

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Narrator (Voice)

Keywords

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