The Battle of Kerzhenets (Russian: Се́ча при Ке́рженце; tr.: Secha pri Kerzhentse) is a 1971 Soviet animated film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Yuri Norstein. The film is set to music by Rimsky-Korsakov and uses Russian frescoes and paintings from the 14th–16th centuries. These are animated using 2-dimensional stop motion animation.

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The Battle of Kerzhenets
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Directed by	Yuri Norstein Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Written by	Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Produced by	Soyuzmultfilm
Music by	Rimsky-Korsakov
Release date	January 1, 1971 (USSR)
Running time	10 min 12 sec
Country	USSR
Language	Russian

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The story is based on the legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (made into a 4-act opera by Rimsky-Korsakov in 1907), which disappears under the waters of a lake to escape an attack by the Mongols. (Russia was under the Mongol-Tartar yoke for a period of three centuries in the Middle Ages.)

The film itself follows the legend only loosely, however, and its highpoint is a battle between the Russian soldiers and the Mongol hordes, symbolizing a clash of cultures (the Virgin Mary appears early in the film, in effect watching over the Russian side of the battle).

• 1971—Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Prize for Best Animated Film
• 1972—Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films: Grand Prize
• 1972—Tbilisi: Prize for Best Animated Film
• 1972—Bombay Film Festival: "Diplom"

• History of Russian animation
• List of stop-motion films

• The Battle of Kerzhenets at IMDb
• The Battle of Kerzhenets at the Animator.ru (English and Russian)

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