The Brave Tin Soldier (1976)
1976 · Animation · 7 min · dir. Lev Milchin
- Animation
Synopsis
A beautiful and touching story based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Steadfast Tin Soldier". A tin soldier without a leg sees a beautiful paper ballerina and falls in love. While trying to reach her, he falls from the window and has to overcome countless obstacles to see her again.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Lev Milchin
- Writer
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Composer
- Yan Frenkel
- Cinematography
- Mikhail Druyan
- Studio
- Soyuzmultfilm
- Released
- 1976-08-15
- Original title
- Стойкий оловянный солдатик
- Running time
- 7 minutes
Cast & crew
Lev Milchin Director
Mariya Vinogradova
Aleksey Konsovskiy
Sergei Tseits
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · A Classic Tale Of Love & Heartbreak · Nacho Mamma · 2022-10-08
This beautiful classic cartoon is based on the French play "La Tosca", written by Victorien Sardou, and premiered in Paris on 24 November 1887. In the story "La Tosca", a poor artist falls in love with a beautiful prostitute. When the local magistrate discovers their secret love, he becomes jealous and wants Tosca for himself. Out of his jealousy, the artist is arrested & sentenced to death. The only way the magistrate will allow the artist to live is if Tosca vows her loyalty & love to him instead. Although she agrees, to save the life of her artist love, the magistrate has his put to death…
