The cartoon that gave russian animation a new level of excellence after switching over to colour in 1945<br />21 min. 54 sec.<br />SOYUZMULTFILM, 1946<br /> VIII ICF in Venice, 1947 - the Diploma and the Bronze medal for the best animation film. It is an original fairy tale about the courageous girl who abducts red-breasted birdy from the malicious magician and sets it free, and she herself becomes the captive. Her friends help the girl to get out of the ice castle.<br /><br />directed by Mstislav Pashchenko<br />written by Mstislav Pashchenko<br />art directors Anatoly Sazonov, Yevgeny Migunov<br />artists V. Valerianova, G. Pozin, K. Malyshev, O. Ghemmerling<br />animators Faina Yepifanova, Ye. Kazantseva, O. Syssoeva, Yu. Popov, Roman Davydov, Petr Repkin
