Matrioska.

L: Limited Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate A: 400' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Color Sound 175

Credits

Hoedman, Co.; Joseph Koenig; Dorothy Courtois; Jana Bendova; Don Douglas; National Film Board of Canada

Complete catalog record
Uses animation and music to present the Russian folktale about a wooden doll which sequentially splits open, releasing a slightly smaller doll each time. Portrays the dolls dancing around each other and becoming mismatched in size. Closes with the dolls sequentially resuming their original position inside the largest doll., An animated film in which a nest of six enamelled, wooden Russian dolls splits apart. The dolls perform a Russian folk dance with the littlest one always out of step or in the wrong place.
, , A lively visual account of what happens when a Russian doll splits open; a small one jumps out. When this one splits a still smaller one emerges; and the process continues, demonstrating concepts of big and small. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, format, sound, description
  2. YouTube channel: NFB · video ↗ — title, description, video
  3. BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits
  4. 16mm Filmography editors — creator, genre, catalog record