Hare enlists four brave friends to help him reclaim his home from the wily Fox.
Direction
Norstein's layered cutouts feel alive, breathing, aching.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a weathered storybook come alive.

Director
Yuri Norstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This adapts a Russian folk tale ('The Cat, the Rooster and the Fox') but Norstein shifts focus to housing insecurity—quietly political for 1973 USSR.
Norstein's multi-plane camera technique here directly influenced his legendary unfinished 'The Overcoat'—this short is essentially his warm-up for greatness.
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