The Battle of Kerzhenets
A mythic animated retelling of a Russian legend about a city's miraculous disappearance to escape conquest, steeped in spiritual wonder and folkloric melancholy.
The story is based on the legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, which disappears under the waters of a lake to escape an attack by the Mongols.
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