The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda

Based On the book by Alexander Pushkin

The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda (Сказка о попе и о работнике его Балде) is a partially lost Soviet feature length cartoon directed by the husband-and-wife team, Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and Vera Tsekhanovskaya. It is based on the eponymous fairy-tale in verse by Alexander Pushkin. The score was composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. The only surviving scene (2 1/2 minutes) is called Bazaar (Marketplace).

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Director:

Mikhail Tsekhanovsky

Genre:

Cinematic fairy tale

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian