The Twelve Months (1956 film)
| The Twelve Months | |
|---|---|
 Original Russian poster | |
| Directed by | Ivan Ivanov-Vano Mikhail Botov |
| Written by | Samuil Marshak Nikolay Erdman |
| Music by | Moisey Vaynberg |
Release date | 1956 (USSR) |
Running time | 56 minutes |
| Country | Template:FilmUSSR |
| Language | Russian |
The Twelve Months (Russian: Двенадцать месяцев; Dvenadtsat mesyatsev) is a 1956 Soviet traditionally-animated feature film directed by the "patriarch of Russian animation", Ivan Ivanov-Vano. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow and is based on the fairy-tale play of the same name by Samuil Marshak.
The film's sound and image were restored in 2003 by Krupnyy Plan, who released it on video and DVD in Russia in 2004. An English-subtitled edition of the Russian-language version has not been released. However, Films by Jove released the film on DVD in 1999 as "volume 3" of its "Stories From My Childhood" series - this version features a choice of English, French or Spanish soundtracks.
Plot
On an evening in January, a spoiled young queen sends her servant into the woods for the impossible task of finding April flowers in the midst of winter. The young peasant girl finds the flowers with the help of the personified twelve months.
Creators
| English | Russian | |
|---|---|---|
| Director-producer | Ivan Ivanov-Vano | Иван Иванов-Вано |
| Director | Mikhail Botov | Михаил Ботов |
| Scenario | Samuil Marshak Nikolay Erdman |
Самуил Маршак Николай Эрдман |
| Art Directors | Anatoliy Kuritsyn Konstantin Karpov Aleksandr Belyakov |
Анатолий Курицын Константин Карпов Александр Беляков |
| Artists | K. Malyshev O. Gemmerling Anatoliy Sazonov Y. Tannenberg V. Valerianova |
К. Малышев О. Геммерлинг Анатолий Сазонов Е. Танненберг В. Валерианова |
| Animators | L. Popov Yelena Hludova Konstantin Chikin Boris Butakov Nikolai Fyodorov Tatyana Fyodorova Fyodor Khitruk Boris Meyerovich Faina Yepifanova Vladimir Krumin V. Ryabchikov Vladimir Popov |
Л. Попов Елена Хлудова Константин Чикин Борис Бутаков Николай Фёдоров Татьяна Фёдорова Фёдор Хитрук Борис Меерович Фаина Епифанова Владимир Крумин В. Рябчиков Владимир Попов |
| Camera Operators | Nikolai Voinov Yelena Petrova |
Николай Воинов Елена Петрова |
| Executive Producer | Natan Bitman | Натан Битман |
| Composer | Moisey Vaynberg | Моисей Вайнберг |
| Sound Operator | Nikolai Prilutskiy | Николай Прилуцкий |