A Plasticine Crow

A Plasticine Crow

Directed by Aleksandr Tatarskiy

Produced by Ekran

19819 min7.3 / 10

A whimsical stop-motion adaptation of a Russian folk fable that uses surreal plasticine imagery and playful parody to explore themes of cunning and gullibility.

Short animation of a Russian folk tale, made in 1981. A parody of the fable by Ivan Krylov "The Crow and the Fox".

Questions people ask

  • Is A Plasticine Crow violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is A Plasticine Crow sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is A Plasticine Crow easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.

  • Is A Plasticine Crow scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does A Plasticine Crow end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

88/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity96

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise90

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love80

How much audiences actually like it

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