Nikolay KHODATAYEV
Николай ХОДАТАЕВ
Nikolaï KHODATAEV
USSR, 1933, 20mn 
Black and white, animation
A Little Organ
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Органчик

 

 Le Petit Orgue / La Boîte à musique

 Organchik

 
Directed by : Nikolay KHODATAYEV (Николай ХОДАТАЕВ)
Writing credits : A. GAYAMOV (А. ГАЯМОВ), Nikolay KHODATAYEV (Николай ХОДАТАЕВ)
Based on the works of M. E. Saltikov-Shedrin
Cinematography : N. EMANOV (Н. ЕМАНОВ)
Production design : Daniil CHERKES (Даниил ЧЕРКЕС), Nikolay KHODATAYEV (Николай ХОДАТАЕВ), G. YECHEISTOV (Г. ЕЧЕИСТОВ)
Music : Grigori LOBACHEV (Григорий ЛОБАЧЕВ)
 
Site : Page IMDb

Plot synopsis
The tsar chooses as governor of Betville a man with a strong voice to whom he administers the brain of a "positive organ". All this to allow him to recover the taxes that the city owes to the Tsar. Taxes will be recovered but wealth does not bring happiness...
Severe caricature of a Tsar's general.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Le petit orgue, de Nikolaï Khodataev, Julien MORVAN, Perestroikino, 2020
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian or Soviet animated films (1906-1991), kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Animated film directors. Russia-USSR 1906-1991, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Fondation Jérôme Seydoux. L'âge d'or du cinéma muet russe (1908-1934), Paris (France), 2015
- Gels et dégels, une autre histoire du cinéma soviétique (1926-1968), Paris (France), 2002
- Film Festival Locarno, Locarno (Switzerland), 2000
- Soviet propaganda animated films, kinoglaz.fr (France), 1991

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