That is The Celestial Creature (Russian: Небесное создание or “Nebesnoe Sozdanie”), a Russian puppet movie produced on the Soviet animation studio Soyuzmultfilm in 1956. Co-directed by Georgi Natanson and Russia’s famed grasp puppeteer Sergei Obraztsov – who additionally co-wrote and narrated the movie – it’s a masterpiece of mid-Twentieth century puppetry.
The official description of the movie is as follows:
A live performance is about to start, however its star performer, a legendary tenor, remains to be at dwelling, leisurely taking his time to prepare. In the meantime, the stage managers and different performers scramble to stall till he arrives. After extra distractions––a lacking cufflink, a black cat crossing his path––the tenor lastly arrives. He’s too late. A younger singer named Ptenchikova has taken his place within the present and is a significant hit. The star walks out, defeated.
The Celestial Creature was a success with audiences, and was based mostly upon Obraztsov’s stage work, particularly his acclaimed manufacturing An Uncommon Live performance. The movie’s excellent puppetry was carried out by puppeteers from Obraztsov’s State Central Puppet Theatre, which was additionally presumably concerned in constructing the puppets.
A really outstanding puppet movie.
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