Heron and Crane

[kody123222]

Bobby lee bought me here

[elvis69rules]

really enjoyed it , thanks for posting

[KarakalLynx]

The quality made it rly hard to read; had to shrink it, but I enjoyed it. Cute "couple".

[norstudio]

Norstein books in English and Russian are available at Norstein Collection at Amazon

[LethalHobo]

herons... cant live with em, cant live without em

[eggsaladinthetub]

Wow I was expecting a Japanese cartoon and randomly turns out to be Russian.

[CelebratingWildlife]

Very creative and beautiful!

[pablo10san]

alguien puede decirme la moraleja de este cuento? :)

[dearmalika]

Es precioso! Que detallista!

[Fawksian21]

No one does animation quite like Yuri Norstein. He's one of the few artists in the animation field who actually deserves that complement.

[LilyISay]

What a lovely bit of animation. sweet.

[curtisrunstedler]

that rooster kicked ass! :D

[shawsk8]

i wasnt paying attention at first and i thought this was real then that heron guy started hammering and i got sooo confused

[TheGossipGirlSource]

Ahhhh... Pride.

[Fluffets]

As the ending says... 'one AFTER another' ... never quite in the same moment... always before, or after... ne'er the twain shall meet...

[pinkpearlbutterfly]

aw. so cute! :)

[LMOH1]

Man, they both love each other, but if only one of them wouldn't hold a grudge...

[Ventilator313]

brilliant movie, classic story. :)

[chupameuna]

beautifull

[coffeecub]

hey the opening solo that was sung by a young woman, is that part of a russian folk song, or was it composed for this piece in particular? does anyone know?

эй соло открытия, которое было спето молодой женщиной, - то, что часть российской народной песни, или это было составлено для этой части в особенности? любой знает?

[Nassie72]

It is not Russian folk. It is just a melody.

[kochcurve]

ХОРОШО

[thecrane]

it's all so true =(

[54spiritedwill54]

ke bello, un trabajo hermoso

[fonephat]

Another cartoon with great music.

[Viratic]

i am a heron. i ahev a long neck and i pick fish out of the water w/ my beak. if you dont repost this comment on 10 other pages i will fly into your kitchen tonight and make a mess of your pots and pans

[pochtli]

we are also herons, in swedish "häger". we like you very much.

[cheekyotter90]

Beautiful

[Shutenocheck]

прям как у чехова. счастье близка, а не словить...

[GreekMythsAnimated]

Нет, проще говоря:

Счастье было рядом

Да ёбнуло снарядом

[akawaterlily]

I almost cried when I saw this again after so many years. This animation marked my childhood. Many thanks Sasha...

[pavlovich74]

This is beautiful animation. I watch it again and again on my media player but just can't get enough. I like the translation though, it's great for my English speaking friends, thank you Sasha.

[margot980]

Gorgeous, I wrote a song about this in the early 80s, called Taking Turns. Lover, lovee, why do we

keep taking turns.

[VicMcManus]

You should encode the movie with higher quality, it's too hard for me to read the subtitles.

[ckarolit]

ke bello, un trabajo hermoso

[Ollyanka]

very sweet indeed

[vanderlej]

So the language has to be English for a cartoon to be good?

[169king]

true thing

[SkaiSharku]

@vanderlej A cartoon usually is at its best when it's in its native tongue, in my opinion. This video does get highly rated, but for me it would start getting a rating if it didn't had any speech at all. It would have made the story a little bit more enjoying. As one can fill in the blanks themselves rather than a written story being told, which is in my opinion a story half-baked. Many critics will possibly disagree though, but that is what is so nice about opinions are allowed to differ.