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Heroic Little Sisters of the Grassland

Heroic Little Sisters of the Grassland

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1965

Runtime

0h 40m

Genres

Animation

Original Title

Caoyuan yingxiong xiao jiemei

Production Companies

Shanghai Animation Film Studio

Director

Qian Yunda

Description

This film was made by Shanghai Animation Film Studio and is based on contemporary events in February, 1964. It’s a retelling of how Mongolian sisters Long Mei and Yurong, ages 11 and 8 respectively, successfully walked nearly 70 kilometers after having been surprised by a blizzard while grazing their father’s sheep. Both girls survived with severe frostbite.