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The Maiden and the Soldier (1995)
Directed by Katariina Lillqvist
Animation, War, Drama · 9m
A strikingly realized puppet tale, based on an old folk ballad of a maiden who sets out to search for her lost fiancé in the turmoils of war. The beloved is found in a stationary hospital where the Grim Reaper is preparing for his gloomy task. It was inspired by the poem The Legend of the Dead Soldier by Bertolt Brecht.
Crew
- Director
- Katariina Lillqvist
- Writer
- Katariina Lillqvist
- Director of Photography
- Zdeněk Pospíšil
- Original Music Composer
- Jirí Brenek
- Editor
- Katariina Lillqvist
- Producer
- Claes Olsson, Jiří Vaněk, J.-P. Koskiranta
Details
- Original title
- Tyttö ja sotamies
- Release date
- 1995-08-11
- Runtime
- 9m
- Genres
- Animation, War, Drama
- Original language
- XX
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- Czech Republic, Finland
- Production
- YLE, Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky, Kinoproduction