Musician, stork and greedy mandarin The film adaptation of the Chinese fairy tale on the favorite subject in the USSR is a condemnation of class inequality. The cartoon was lucky to be released in 1950, in the golden days of Soviet animation, when artists diligently approached both locations and characters.
Mountains, fog, rice fields, boats with specific sails and characteristic national costumes turned out to be “hurrah”. The thickened mandarin with a fan strongly contrasts with poor fishermen and potters, who are visited by a positive musician Mi. Like a ray of sun, he inspires hope in people and leaves as a reminder of himself a drawing of a yellow stork, which comes alive and dances only to the music of ordinary people. Yes, the trace of ideology can be seen with the naked eye, but the cartoon, despite this, pleases. As a rule, the greatest interest in any work is caused by villains, but then, to my surprise, the most convincing was Mi. His radiance and voice inspire such joy that the longing of poor listeners before the departure of the character is transmitted to the audience.
“Yellow Stork” is perhaps a more successful cartoon than “The Liu Brothers”. Their events, by the way, can take place in the same universe, because there and here there appear two guards – one fat, the other thin. This is the only comic duo from the Soviet cartoons of the 1950s, so it is of great interest. Nature in the Yellow Stork is also unusually beautiful, although in all the animation tapes of that time, trees, water and mountains are as real.
A positive and soothing cartoon that is pleasant to watch.
8 out of 10