New on Blu-ray: TREASURES OF SOVIET ANIMATION - VOLUME 3 - The Short Films of Yuri Norstein (1968-1979)

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Product Description: THE 25TH, THE FIRST DAY - 1968, 9 min., co-dir. Arkadiy Tyurin. Yuri Norstein's first film is a visually striking tribute to the Bolshevik Revolution on October 25

SEASONS - 1969, 9 min. A man and woman ride through the forest while the seasons change around them in this lovely, elegiac short set to music by Tchaikovsky.

CHILDREN AND MATCHES - 1969, 5 min. Norstein's rarely-seen educational short about the dangers of matches, from ancient times up to today.

THE BATTLE OF KERZHENETS - 1971, 10 min., co-dir. Ivan Ivanov-Vano. Arguably Norstein's first great animated film, inspired by the legend of the City of Kitezh which disappeared into a lake to avoid Mongol invaders.

THE FOX & THE HARE - 1973, 12 min. Norstein's utterly charming short about a temperamental "house-filching fox" who boots a poor rabbit out of its home. The rabbit turns to a wolf, bear, bull and rooster for help, with surprising results.

THE HERON & THE CRANE - 1974, 10 min. An awkward crane and a high-spirited heron go back and forth on marrying each other, in this heartbreaking short about romantic misunderstandings.

HEDGEHOG IN THE FOG - 1975, 11 min. The deceptively epic journey of the tiny hedgehog, filled with impossible marvels and dangers: a shimmering white horse and a crafty owl. A fluttering bat, a falling leaf and the ever-present curtain of fog. Widely considered one of the greatest animated films ever made.

A DAY BEFORE OUR ERA - 1977, 6 min. Co-dir. Fyodor Khitruk. This experimental collage of images of the French Revolution was apparently abandoned before it was finished, and remains one of Norstein's rarest films.

THE TALE OF TALES - 1979, 29 min. Norstein's longest film to date, TALE is a story about stories, a dream of many dreams. A giant bull and a little girl skip rope. Couples dance under a streetlight until the male partners disappear, headed off to war. And through it all, the Little Grey Wolf watches silently at the rondo of human loves and losses.

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Director: Yuri Norstein

Starring: Aleksandr Kalyagin, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Mariya Vinogradova, Aleksey Batalov

Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Sci-Fi

Runtime: 102 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Russian

Studio: Deaf Crocodile Films

Home Video Release Date: February 24, 2026

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• Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
• Resolution: 1080p
• Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
• Region: Region A/1

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• Blu-ray: None

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• Blu-ray: LPCM 2.0

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Blu-ray: English

SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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• New restorations by Deaf Crocodile of all 9 of Norstein's short films
• First ever U.S. Blu-ray release for Norstein's short films
• Includes feature-length documentary MAKING THE OVERCOAT about Norstein's legendary, unfinished project 'The Overcoat'
• New commentary tracks by film scholar Michael Brooke
• New visual essay by film historian Evan Chester
• Blu-ray authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion
• Most complete release of Norstein's films ever put out on Blu-ray

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