Night on Bald Mountain (1933)
1933 · Animation · 8 min · dir. Alexandre Alexeieff
- Animation
- Fantasy
- Horror
Synopsis
Mussorgsky's composition is the soundtrack for this pin-screen animated take on night and wild things. A scarecrow blows down, clouds move by quickly. Beings take shape; a town appears, animals flee, and a horse gallops by. A child looks on. Monsters run and float by: the phantasmagoric is everywhere. A woman's figure tumbles through space. A clash ensues. The horse falls. Goblins take control. The night and its denizens are relentless. Forms appear and become grotesque. Will dawn and calm ever…
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Details
- Director
- Alexandre Alexeieff
- Released
- 1933-11-01
- Original title
- Une nuit sur le Mont Chauve
- Running time
- 8 minutes
Cast & crew
Alexandre Alexeieff Director
