438686
438686

The Cloud in Love

1959-11-01 ru 19m
Animation
A Cloud in Love is a unique film based on a script by a Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet Ran (who lived in exile in Soviet Russia). It’s an allegorical story about an evil desert spirit who tries to destroy an oasis that is tendered by beautiful Aishe. Luckily, a Cloud falls in love with her and protects the oasis, although it costs him a life. It features mixed technique (puppets, marionettes, and hand-drawn animation).

Writer

Nazım Hikmet Ran

Director

Roman Kachanov

Director

Anatoliy Karanovich

Director of Photography

Mikhail Kamenetskiy

Art Direction

Vladimir Sobolev

Original Music Composer

Andrey Babaev

Status

Released

Countries

  • Soviet Union

Companies

  • Soyuzmultfilm