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A Night on Bald Mountain

A Night on Bald Mountain

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1933

Runtime

0h 9m

Genres

Animation, Fantasy, Horror

User Score

63%

Original Title

Une Nuit sur le Mont Chauve

Director

Alexandre Alexeieff

Description

Mussorgsky's composition is the soundtrack for this pin-screen animated take on night and wild things. A scarecrow blows down, clouds move by quickly. Beings take shape; a town appears, animals flee, and a horse gallops by. A child looks on. Monsters run and float by: the phantasmagoric is everywhere. A woman's figure tumbles through space. A clash ensues. The horse falls. Goblins take control. The night and its denizens are relentless. Forms appear and become grotesque. Will dawn and calm ever come?