Andrei Yurievich Khrzhanovsky (; born 30 November 1939 in

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) is a Soviet and Russian animator,

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maker, writer and producer known for making

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s. He is the father of director Ilya Khrzhanovsky. Married to philologist, editor and script doctor Maria Neyman.

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(2011).

Career

He rose to prominence in the west with his 2009 picture ''

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'' starring Grigory Dityatkovsky, Sergei Yursky,

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) about

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. Although Khrzhanovsky's 1966 dark comedy ''There Lived Kozyavin'' was clearly a comment on the dangerous absurdity of a regimented communist bureaucracy, it was approved by the state owned

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studio. However, ''The Glass Harmonica'' in 1968, continuing a theme of heartless bureaucrats confronted by the liberating power of music and art, was the first animated film to be officially banned in the Soviet Union.

Filmography (selection)

*'' There Lived Kozyavin'' (1966, short film, ) *'' The Glass Harmonica'' (1968, short film, )Soyuzmultfilm Most Famous Characters, HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN ANIMATION
/ref> *Armoire (1970, short film) *The Butterfly (1972, short film, Russian: Бабочка) *''A Fantastic Tale'' (1978, ) *''A Pushkin Trilogy'' (1986) *''The Lion with the White Beard'' (1995, ) *''A Cat and a Half'' (2002, ) *''

'' (2009, ) *'' The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks'' (2020, )

References

External links

*
''The Glass Harmonica'' on Open CultureDangerous Minds article on ''The Glass Harmonica''
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