The Enchanted Island
Nõiutud saar
Noiutud saar (et)
Заколдованный остров (ru)
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Nõiutud saar
Noiutud saar (et)
Заколдованный остров (ru)
| Year | 1985 |
| Director(s) | Unt Riho Volmer Hardi |
| Studio(s) | Tallinnfilm |
| Language(s) | (wordless) |
| Genre(s) | Comedy Folklore & myth (Rus./USSR minorities) War & battles |
| Animation Type(s) | Puppet Stop motion (3D) |
| Length | 00:09:34 |
| Animator.ru profile | Ru, En |
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Description:
The awkward Kohmits frees his people from an evil spell. Based on a Chukchi fairy tale.
The above video is the Russian version of the film, made for export to the other Soviet republics outside Estonia. It also has English subtitles that were added at some point, probably for a film festival. The film itself, though, has no dialogue.
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An odd little film by Riho Unt and Hardi Volmer, the first of a number of films they made together. An awkward member of the tribe who can't quite do things that come naturally to the others becomes the only one able to do battle on their behalf and defeat a calamity that comes upon them. Once the crisis has been averted, however, he finds himself just as unable to adapt to "normality" as he was before.
I've been unable to find anything about the Chukchi fairy tale that this is supposedly based on. Even the name "Kohmits" doesn't help.
The design of the puppets is clever - but perhaps the film is in love with it a bit too much. It feels like the directors were experimenting and having fun, with the story more of an afterthought.