Children and Matches

Movie
TitleДети и спички
User score

6.5

Release dateJul 11, 1969
GenreAnimation
DirectorYuri Norstein
Production countrySoviet Union
Production companiesSoyuzmultfilm
Run time5 min.

A cut-out animation warning for children about the danger of fire and playing with matches, far from the grim warning of your typical PSA and anticipating the complicated human psychology of Norshteyn's subsequent work. And, no doubt, there is a metaphor aimed at the power structure. 1968-69 was a crucial period of transition for the animator, breaking out of the pack at Soyuzmultfilm and beginning to script and co-direct films. Not listed on imdb, this is one - if not the first - of his first solo works as director.

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