tale of tales

“Tale of tales” is a thirty-year-old film by Russian animator Yuri Norstein.
The main character and a popular element of Russian folklore is a little wolf that possesses human qualities. Through his eyes the audience witnesses two different worlds represented in the thirty minutes long film – real life and the world inhabited by whimsical stories. The little wolf doesn’t belong to the world he got trapped in, the world of war, technology, and male domination opposing to prince Charmin’s courage in fairy tales. But the wolf adapted to the difficulties of his everyday existence.
Ups and downs of human life, important social issues and life in 20th century communist Russia are all present in this fantastic semi-transparent animation that combines filmed elements, cut outs and drawings.
People forgot the meaning of the tales whose messenger is the symbol of innocence – a child.
The tale of all tales is Life.