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Little Gray Neck

1948 · 20 min

A gentle, wintry cartoon fable that balances cozy animal charm with a small, earnest dose of peril.

Directed by: Vladimir Polkovnikov, Leonid Amalrik
Genres: Family, Animation
Starring: Lidiya Kazmina, Fyodor Kurikhin, Vera Yenyutina

Overview: Defending a friend, duckling is attacked by fox and must learn to survive.

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Directed by: Vladimir Polkovnikov, Leonid Amalrik
Genres: Family, Animation
Starring: Lidiya Kazmina, Fyodor Kurikhin, Vera Yenyutina

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
survival
isolation
healing
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	1
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: family, animation
Directed by: Vladimir Polkovnikov, Leonid Amalrik
Written by: Georgiy Beryozko
Starring: Lidiya Kazmina, Fyodor Kurikhin, Vera Yenyutina, Valentina Telegina, Viktoriya Ivanova, Vladimir Popov
Cinematography: Nikolay Voinov
Runtime: 20 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian

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