Hedgehog in the Fog
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| Directed by | Yuriy Norshteyn |
| Produced by | Soyuzmultfilm |
| Written by | Sergei Kozlov |
| Starring |
Alexei Batalov Maria Vinogradova Vyacheslav Nevinniy |
| Music by | Mikhail Meyerovich |
| Cinematography | Nadezhda Treschyova |
| Edited by | Natalia Abramova |
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Release date
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October 23, 1975 |
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Running time
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10 min 29 s |
| Country | USSR |
| Language | Russian |
Hedgehog in the Fog (Russian: Ёжик в тумане, tr. Yozhik v tumane; IPA: [ˈjɵʐɨk f tʊˈmanʲɪ]) is a 1975 Soviet/Russian animated film directed by Yuriy Norshteyn, produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The Russian script was written by Sergei Kozlov, who also published a book under the same name. In 2006, Norshteyn published a book titled Hedgehog in the Fog, listing himself as an author alongside Kozlov.
This is a story about a little hedgehog (voiced by Mariya Vinogradova), who is on his way to visit his friend the bear cub. As explained in the introductory narration, the two would meet every evening to drink tea from the cub's samovar, which was heated on a fire of juniper twigs. As they drank their tea, the hedgehog and the bear would chat and count the stars together.
On this day, the hedgehog decides to bring the bear cub some raspberry jam. As Hedgehog heads out, a sinister looking eagle-owl is following him. Hedgehog passes through the woods and encounters a beautiful white horse standing in a fog. He is curious as to whether the horse would drown if it went to sleep in the fog. The hedgehog decides to explore the fog for himself. As he goes down an incline into the fog, it is soon so thick that the hedgehog can't even see his own paw.
The fog alternately thickens and thins; when it thins the hedgehog briefly catches vague sight of objects and creatures which disappear again as the fog thickens. Hedgehog finds himself in a surreal and frightening world inhabited by shapes which are not always identifiable and various creatures ranging from predators to friendly animals, in a world of silence and rustles, darkness, tall grass and enchanting stars.
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