The Heron and the Crane (, Tsaplya i zhuravl) is a 1974 10-minuteRotten Tomatoes Soviet/Russian animated film directed by Yuri Norstein and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm.Animafest.hr
Summary Based on the folk tale about the unlucky never-ending courtship of the title characters (a male crane and a female heron, each changing their own minds).animator.ruAnimation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets – Giannalberto Bendazzi – Google BooksYuri Norstein - after "The Overcoat"-Odessa Animation Studio
Cast
Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Narrator's voice
References
External links The Heron and the Crane at Yuri Norstein's official website
The Heron and the Crane on MUBI The Heron and the Crane on Letterboxd