Blacksmith, the sorcerer 1967 КУЗНЕЦ КОЛДУН EN & R\U Subs Russian Animation

As 1 blacksmith utters about the word of his Rival-friend there might be sorcery involved in his recent work, things grow out of propertion... Based on the fairy tale by the French writer Ludi Directed by Perch Sarkisyan 1922-1970 An animation director that died too young, art-director since 1952, his debut as director was in 1965, this was his second direction. Often at the time the first one was a tribute to the revolution and the communist cause, to start at the safe side of the communist leadership. So in the way the second one would be the more personal signature of a new director. Sarkisyan draws with from a loose pulse, on could say, in a style that would fit in a French comic magazine. Somewhere between the work of Paul Cuvelier and Hans Kresse one could say. Refreshing in Russian animation at the time. Alas... he died too young