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Watch This Classic Russian Animation: ‘Hedgehog in the Fog’

Yuri Norstein’s 1975 Hedgehog in the Fog is one of the greatest lyrical stop-motion animated shorts to come out of Russia. The film is loaded with atmosphere and a unique soundscape, and is based on a Sergey Kozlov folktale of the same title. Kozlov, a much-loved Russian children’s writer is known for his bedtime stories, which also keep parents ...

Jessica Kneipp

A still from the Russian animation 'Hedgehog in the Fog.'