Toy soldiers vs. hitman: Stephen King's weirdest war story, animated by Ukrainians in '86.
A man kills a toy designer and steals his latest product. The product, a mini-army complete with weapons, then wages war on the killer. The first Ukrainian screen adaptation of Stephen King's story.
Practical Effects
Hand-crafted miniatures vs. live-action footage.
Direction
Titov's Soviet-era resourcefulness shines through limitations.
Director
Mykhailo Titov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of King's 'Dollar Baby' program where students could adapt his shorts for $1—this remains one of the most visually distinct.
Made at Kyiv's Dovzhenko Film Studios during perestroika; the rotoscope technique was partly a workaround for limited resources.
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