在这部苏联时期的俄罗斯动画动画/纪录片片中,1935年，迪斯尼动画影片在莫斯科放映，一名艺术学院学生费多尔·赫特鲁克（Fyodor Khytruk）受到极大震撼，决心投身俄国动画创作。在苏联体制下，动画电影厂拥有国家全额投资，而且相比其他视觉艺术门类，受到的上层干扰最少，故此人才济济，创作活跃，涌现出众多大师级艺术家。苏联解体后，俄罗斯动画面临市场压力，处于艰难调整阶段。以色列纪录片《俄罗斯之魅》在业界翘楚费多尔·赫特鲁克指引下，造访多位俄国动画大师的工作室，拍摄他们独特的动画制作过程和生活方式，并对苏联动画名作进行解读，其中许多从未在西方放映。
In 1935, three Walt Disney films were screened in Moscow. Fyodor Chytruk, then a young art student, saw these films and didn't believe his eyes; he was convinced that he had seen a miracle unfolding before him. What he didn't know was that one day he himself would become one of the greats of Russian animation. Through his personal story, we discover a magical art form that remained closed behind the Iron Curtain for decades. Compared to the other arts - especially literature and theater - the animated films, considered a children's art form, passed relatively easily through the strict censorship of the Soviet Union. Like all Soviet institutions, the animation studios Soyuzmultfilm enjoyed full government support, a fact that provided the artists with generous production budgets as well as distribution in 112,000 cinemas around the USSR. This situation allowed for the development of a tradition of animation style that was not only for children. Magia Russica moves between the sights and sounds of the Russian landscape, and into those of the animated films themselves. The films reflected not only the difficult though humor-filled Soviet experience, but also the rich cultural heritage of Russia, with Pushkin as its spiritual father. Today, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, as Russia makes the transition into capitalism, the animation artists discover that the rules of the market and ratings are not necessarily less restrictive than ideological censorship. In a rare look into the artistic process, at the creation of magic, the artists share their ideas about art, about cinema and about the way in which these should be related to. Magia Russica is guided by the spirit of their words.
【资料】Magia Russica: Russian Animation in Soviet Times。
