Apr 08, 1950
11 min
Full-HD

The Yellow Stork (1950)

The film is based on an ancient Chinese fairy tale about the simple people of China who despite of heavy work and oppression, did not lose belief in life and love to freedom

Category

Animation

Country

Soviet Union

Companies

Soyuzmultfilm

Nikolay Aleksandrovich

Wandering Musician Mi (voice)

Dmitriy Kara-Dmitriev

Tea-house Owner (voice)

Vladimir Vladislavskiy

Mandarin (voice)

Leonid Shvachkin

(voice, uncredited)

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