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The Turtle King

1988 · 10 min

A gentle, playful little fable that coasts on charm and a light moral, easy to sit through with small children.

Directed by
Tsezar Orshanskyi
Genres
Animation
Overview
There was an island inhabited by turtles. Their king above all else loved all kinds of praise and flattery, so subjects always followed them trying to play along to him. One day he decided to climb very high, using a very unstable structure.

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Directed by
Tsezar Orshanskyi
Genres
Animation
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • power
  • ambition
  • identity
  • fate
Places
  • fantasy world
Era
timeless
Audience
kids
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism3
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
animation
Directed by
Tsezar Orshanskyi
Cinematography
Oleksandr Mukhin
Runtime
10 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Ukrainian

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