A minstrel, barred from entering a castle, is given a magic flute that can manipulate movement.
Direction
Packed more visual ideas into 8 minutes than most directors manage in 90.
Director
Paul Grimault
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in occupied France, the film's themes of control and resistance gained unintended political weight. Grimault would later disown his early work, making original prints rare treasures.
This predates Grimault's masterpiece 'The King and the Mockingbird' by nearly 40 years—you can see the same obsessive attention to bodies in motion already fully formed.
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