Mountain of Dinosaurs or Dinosaurs Hill (Russian: Гора динозавров) is a 1967 Soviet animated film directed by Rasa Strautmane and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow.
| Mountain of Dinosaurs | |
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.png) Гора динозавров (1967) (baby dinosaurs just hatched by the sun) | |
| Directed by | Rasa Strautmane |
| Written by | Arkadiy Snesarev |
| Produced by | Soyuzmultfilm |
| Starring | Klara Rumyanova I. Smiov Lev Lyubetskiy Viktor Rozhdestvenskiy |
| Cinematography | Y. Petrova |
| Edited by | A. Timofeevski |
| Music by | V. Dashkevich |
Release date |
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Running time | 9 min 38 sec |
| Country | USSR |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
editThe story follows the lives of dinosaurs as they fall in love and have children, their eggs hatched by the hot sun as their parents look on. As the weather begins to cool, the shells begin to thicken, refusing to let the dinosaur babies leave, eventually resulting in their extinction.[1][2][3]
Legacy
editThe film is generally interpreted as a subversive commentary on the dangers of the authoritarian state.[1][3][2]
The film is one of the oldest among the forty-five (45) animated Soviet-era shorts in the four-DVD or digital video disc collection "Masters of Russian Animation" (1997), which Soyuzmultfilm released in conjunction with Films by Jove.[3][2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Heil, Andy (18 October 2012). "The Soviets Made the Saddest Dinosaur Cartoon of All Time". The Atlantic. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ a b c Heil, Andy (17 October 2012). "Genius Of An Anti-Soviet 'Dinosaur' Film Unearthed". RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ a b c Black, Riley (16 October 2012). "The Saddest Dinosaur Cartoon Ever". Smithsonian. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
External links
edit- Dinosaurs Hill at the Animator.ru
- Mountain of Dinosaurs at IMDb
- Mountain of Dinosaurs at AllMovie
- Mountain of Dinosaurs on YouTube with English subtitles