Soviet animation was in a way unique. There were lots of extremely weird cartoons which, i think, left a heavy impact on the psyche of the growing generation. Take “Hedgehog in the Fog“, for example - there’s no single way of interpreting of this creation. Apparently, it won the “â„–1 Animated film of all the time” at “All time animation best 150″ in Japan.
Anyway, this week i remembered that when i was a child, i used to like and was even scared by a particular cartoon - Caliph Stork (Kalif Storch) - the animation from 1968, based on the fairy tale by the German writer Wilhelm Hauff. I rewatched it and i still think it’s a great, weird, creepy and very artistic animation with a bit of Bosch / Escher vibe.
Now here’s a weirdness to be proud of. 
Here are the videos in 2 parts, with English subtitles.
Part 1
Part 2
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4 Users Responded To " The gems of Soviet animation "
Bob (27 comments) said,
1-31-2008 at 03:04:46Very cool indeed, loved it.
Charles (1 comments) said,
7-11-2008 at 03:27:37That was wonderful.
I really enjoy Soviet animation and art in general. I have this box set with a bunch of Soviet propaganda cartoons, it has some real gems in it; though I wish that I had more Soviet art like this instead.
omega (81 comments) said,
7-12-2008 at 17:10:27thank you guys for the comments - it would be cool to see the propaganda cartoons, they must be fun
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