The Blacksmith-Sorcerer (Кузнец-колдун, 1967) by Perch Sarkisyan

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The Blacksmith-Sorcerer
Blacksmith the Magician
Кузнец-колдун
Kuznets-koldun (ru)
Sepp-sorts (et)

Year 1967
Director(s) Sarkisyan Perch
Studio(s) Soyuzmultfilm
Language(s) Russian
Genre(s) Comedy
Literature (non-Rus./USSR)
Religion
Animation Type(s)  Drawn (cel)
Length 00:17:55
Wordiness 12.8
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Description:

When one blacksmith voices suspicious that there might be sorcery involved in his colleague's work, things get out of hand. Based on the fairy tale by French writer Luda Schnitzer.

Directed by Perch Sarkisyan 1922-1970. An animation director that died too young, art-director since 1952, his debut as director was in 1965, this was his second direction. Often at the time the first one was a tribute to the revolution and the communist cause, to start at the safe side of the communist leadership. So in the way the second one would be the more personal signature of a new director. Sarkisyan draws with from a loose pulse, one could say, in a style that would fit in a French comic magazine. Somewhere between the work of Paul Cuvelier and Hans Kresse one could say. Refreshing in Russian animation at the time. Alas... he died too young.

 

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1.Cynir

Here, its filmstory and diafilm. This film reminds me of Rodamus Qwerck's Delusion (Наваждение Родамуса Кверка).


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2.Admin

I immediately recognized the art style, as Sarkisyan had earlier been the art director for Roman Davydov's Shareholders (1963). He was also art director for a number of films in the 1950s, but he wasn't really allowed to develop a personal style yet - there was an enforced "studio style" at that time.

I think the script is quite decent but the narrator is so cheerful that it gets a bit annoying. He was voiced by the same lady who did the voice for the Hare in "Just You Wait" (Nu, pogodi!).


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