The Glass Harmonica

The Glass Harmonica (1968)

Стеклянная гармоника

A craftsman builds a glass harmonica that enlightens him. He travels to a town where the people are obsessed with money. A bureaucrat smashes the glass harmonica which leads to chaos and eventually to social reform.

Date of release
1968-01-01
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (25)
Runtime
21m
Genres
Animation
Director
Andrey Khrzhanovsky

Interesting facts

The Glass Harmonica is a 1968 Soviet animated short film directed by Andrei Khrzhanovsky. It gained notoriety for being banned in the USSR until the perestroika. It is also notable for its unique and surreal animation, which includes references to many artworks by Renaissance and other artists including René Magritte, Hieronymus Bosch, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Francisco Goya, Albrecht Dürer, El Greco, John Heartfield, and Pinturicchio. The film also contains no spoken dialogue and relies on visual storytelling.

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