Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat

2019 109 min

Overview

Yuriy Norshteyn, Russia’s most renowned animator, has crafted many brilliant works, including his award-winning Tale of Tales and Hedgehog in the Fog. He is revered by animation creators across the globe, most notably Japanese masters Osamu Tezuka, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Forty years ago, Norshteyn began work on an ambitious adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s The Overcoat, but after completing 25 minutes of the film, the project stalled and has been shelved for many years. A crew visits Norshteyn’s studio and finds there mountains of sketches, character studies and a shooting table covered with dust. Norshteyn himself talks about its current status and the anguish and passion that has gone into its creation.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

Japan

Spoken Languages

Japanese ja
Russian ru

Cast

Yuri Norstein

Himself

Tanya Usvayskaya

Herself

Maksim Granik

Himself

Larisa Zenevich

Herself

Francheska Yarbusova

Herself

Mikhail Aldashin

Himself

Mikhail Tumelya

Himself

Crew

Boris Berezovsky

Music

Ryo Saitani

Director

Yujiku Asagaya

Producer

Laputa Asagaya

Producer

Posters

External Links

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