Losharik

Losharik (1971)

Лошарик

The film tells us about the circus horse made of wooden balls who became the best actor in the circus. Yuri Norstein was it's sole animator. His handling of puppets and decor created a rare elegant beauty. Being known as the worlds greatest puppet animation director, many people in the west forget that he was animator too.

Date of release
1971-01-01
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
10m
Genres
Animation
Director
Ivan Ufimtsev

Casting

Interesting facts

Losharik is a 1971 Soviet animated film. It was directed by Ivan Ufimtsev, with the screenplay by Gennady Tsyferov and Genrikh Sapgir.

Production

The film, with a run time of 10 minutes and 18 seconds, was made by Soyuzmultfilm and directed by Ivan Ufimtsev, an actor who had studied under Aleksey Dmitrievich Popov, and who had made his career in animation. Losharik was an early collaboration with illustrator Tamara Poletika, with whom he worked on a number of films between 1971 and 1976.

The screenplay was by Gennady Tsyferov and Genrikh Sapgir, with Tamara Poletika as the art director, and Yuri Norstein as the animator. The score was composed by Viktor Kuprevich, while Rina Zelyonaya provided the voice of Losharik. For accuracy in the depiction of circus life, Poletika and Norstein visited a circus and observed its rehearsals.

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